Airlines say their pilots have been cleared by air traffic controllers to take off and land.
At the second largest airport India in Mumbai on June 8, two passenger planes were on the verge of a collision.
Video of the moment of the incident is published on the Internet.
As can be seen in the video, the Airbus A320 of the Indian low-cost airline IndiGo lands on the runway from which the Airbus A320 has not yet taken off Air India.
“The situation looks quite dangerous, since the distance between the aircraft did not exceed several hundred meters. At high speeds, it is overcome in a matter of seconds, during which it is decided what will happen to the aircraft,” writes avianews.< /p>
According to the Air Traffic Controllers Guild of India, the incident occurred on runway 27, used by IndiGo and Air India aircraft. Serves 46 takeoffs and landings per hour. In this case, the minimum distance between aircraft can be reduced if visibility is good.
The Guild emphasized that Mumbai Airport is one of the busiest airports in terms of traffic intensity, and air traffic controllers are under intense pressure from working in such conditions.
Airlines claim that their pilots received permission from air traffic controllers to take off and land.
Recall that in Russia two passenger planes did not reach their destination destination.
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