ATC must rise from its slumber
Updated On: 17 August, 2012 07:40 AM IST | | MiD DAY Correspondent
Today, this newspaper has reported how an air traffic controller at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai nearly caused a massive accident involving a collision between two planes that may have ended up being on the same runway.
Today, this newspaper has reported how an air traffic controller at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai nearly caused a massive accident involving a collision between two planes that may have ended up being on the same runway. On August 9, this air traffic controller cleared a Jet Airways plane to be taken to the maintenance bay. At the same time, he had allowed an Etihad international flight to land on the same runway.
It is a miracle that the Jet Airways pilot realised the error and called up the ATC, which then asked the Etihad pilot to go around.


