Two global flights were given dangerously close to one another in Mumbai's crowded skies on Friday afternoon. They were seconds except each and every other when the collision avoidance gadget kicked in and pulled them aside. An air site visitors controller has been grounded.
Both flights were passing via this route due to closure of Pakistan airspace since February 27. The Mumbai airspace has noticed a pointy rise in overflying plane since then and air site visitors controllers are having to manage this spurt in site visitors.
The scare came about at 1.40pm Friday when an Air France Boeing 777 was once cruising at 32,000 ft en route from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris as AF 253. And an Etihad Airbus 320 was once winging its manner from Abu Dhabi to Kathmandu as EY 290 at 31,000 ft.
"At 1.40pm, 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 AF 253 coming from the opposite direction. The two aircraft were 3 nautical miles away, seconds apart, from each other," mentioned a supply.
The "traffic collision avoidance systems" apparatus on those two plane were given activated, after which pilots pulled the 2 planes aside.
Confirming this serious near-miss, a senior ATC legitimate mentioned: "This happened and the matter is under probe. The air traffic controller has been off-rostered (taken off duty). Traffic density was very high (in Mumbai flight information region) due to Pakistan airspace closure."
Both flights were passing via this route due to closure of Pakistan airspace since February 27. The Mumbai airspace has noticed a pointy rise in overflying plane since then and air site visitors controllers are having to manage this spurt in site visitors.
The scare came about at 1.40pm Friday when an Air France Boeing 777 was once cruising at 32,000 ft en route from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris as AF 253. And an Etihad Airbus 320 was once winging its manner from Abu Dhabi to Kathmandu as EY 290 at 31,000 ft.
"At 1.40pm, 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 AF 253 coming from the opposite direction. The two aircraft were 3 nautical miles away, seconds apart, from each other," mentioned a supply.
The "traffic collision avoidance systems" apparatus on those two plane were given activated, after which pilots pulled the 2 planes aside.
Confirming this serious near-miss, a senior ATC legitimate mentioned: "This happened and the matter is under probe. The air traffic controller has been off-rostered (taken off duty). Traffic density was very high (in Mumbai flight information region) due to Pakistan airspace closure."
Near miss in crowded skies over Mumbai
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Reviewed by Kailash
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March 17, 2019
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