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Near-Miss for 2 Flights Over Mumbai Skies

: Mar 17, 2019 - : 10:46 pm

Two international flights got dangerously close to each other over Mumbai’s crowded airspace on Friday. They were seconds apart from each other when the collision aavoidance system kicked in and pulled them apart. An airtraffic controller has been grounded.

Since the closure of Pakistan’s airspace on 27 February, many flights have had to be re-rerouted through the Mumbai area, leading to a large increase in air traffic.

“At 1.40 pm, Mumbai air traffic control (ATC) asked the Etihad flight to climb to 33,000 feet. During climb, this aircraft came almost face-to-face with an AF 253 coming from the opposite direction. The two aircraft were just three nautical miles away, and seconds apart, from each other,” the Times of India quoted its sources.

“This happened and the matter is under investigation. The air traffic controller has been off-rostered [taken off duty]. Traffic density was very high (in the Mumbai flight information region) due to the closure of Pakistan’s airspace,” a senior ATC official said.

According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, an investigation into the incident has been started.

Meanwhile, Pakistan announced last week that it could partially open its airspace, but at the moment the only flights allowed are those offering service to Pakistani cities.

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