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Sahar airport narrowly dodges disaster, again

Two planes narrowly missed collision owing to an alleged error by the Air Traffic Control, the fifth such case in a year

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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating an alleged goof-up by the Mumbai ATC wherein two planes were involved in a near miss incident at the international airport in Mumbai, which put the lives of 200-odd passengers at risk on Wednesday night. This is the fifth such instance in the span of a year at Mumbai airport.

Jet Airways flight
Blunder: The ATC gave clearance for take-off to a Jet Airways flight but later asked the pilot to abort it, as an incoming Air India flight had begun descent on the same runway.u00a0Representation pic

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