A major accident was averted when the private aircraft had to suddenly abort take off at the last moment and simultaneously an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane was crossing the runway.
The passengers on board in Go Air flight to Mumbai had a narrow escape on Wednesday afternoon and the air traffic controller (ATC) was quick to inform the Go Air pilot because of which a disaster was averted. Preliminary investigation revealed that the Go Air pilot had to apply emergency brakes as it had already started moving towards the same runway and no passengers were injured in the incident. An inquiry into the matter will be conducted.
The Go Air flight — GO 336, an Airbus 320 started moving towards runway 27- 09 at 2.37 pm on Wednesday. “The Delhi to Mumbai flight was advised to cancel departure from runway 27-9.
The runway is close to the Indian Airforce base and it was asked to cancel departure as an IAF plane, AN32 transport aircraft from Chandigarh to Delhi was crossing the same runway,” a senior airport official said, adding that the IAF plane was crossing the runway 27-9 and was moving towards the technical area from taxiway ‘E’.
Investigation also revealed that the Go air flight vacated the runway and returned to bay. It was given clearance 45 minutes later following which it took off for Mumbai.