Kolkata: An air disaster was narrowly avoided at the border airspace of India and Bangladesh, thanks to the timely intervention by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower in Kolkata. Two Indigo flights, one en route Guwahati from Chennai and the other from Guwahati to Kolkata almost crashed in mid-air at the border airspace of India and Bangladesh, Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said. The incident took place on Thursday.

With only 45 seconds before the possible collision, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower in Kolkata instructed one plane to turn right and move away from the other aircraft that had come at the same level on Wednesday to avoid the air disaster.