Close Call at Mumbai Airport: Air Traffic Controller De-Rostered

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:57am on 09 Jun 2024,Sunday India

A close call between two flights at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has led to the suspension of an air traffic controller. A video showed an IndiGo flight attempting to land as an Air India flight took off from the same runway. The incident is under investigation, and the controller has been taken off duty pending the outcome. IndiGo confirmed the incident, stating that the pilot followed ATC instructions and passenger safety was maintained. The civil aviation ministry is probing the incident to determine what went wrong.

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