New Delhi: Two Jet Airways aircraft were on Sunday involved in an accident when their wings brushed against each other at the international airport here but no one was injured.
The incident happened when one of the planes was taxiing and the other was getting ready for take off.
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave permission to Jet Airways from Delhi to Patna for taxiing on runway 29 at 2.48 pm. It then allowed the flight from Delhi to Srinagar to taxii on the same runway at 2.53 pm.
The Patna-bound aircraft had 115 passengers and eight crew members on board while the Delhi-Srinagar flight had 137 people including eight crew.
At 2.59 pm, the Patna-bound aircraft reported “ground collision” after the Delhi-Srinagar flight brushed against its wing. The airline said it has de-rostered both the sets of cockpit crew pending investigation.
