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India: DGCA de-rosters Mumbai ATC officer after near-miss incident on runway

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The The Directorate General of Civil Aviationb(DGCA) has taken swift action by de-rostering an Air Traffic Controller officer from Mumbai following a potentially disastrous incident involving two aircraft (IndiGo & Air India) on the same runway .

The incident occurred on June 8, Saturday at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM).

In the early hours of Saturday, IndiGo flight 5053, arriving from Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IDR), landed on runway 27 while Air India flight 657 was still in the process of taking off for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV). Both flights involved Airbus A320neo aircraft. The close timing of the landing and takeoff created a hazardous situation that could have resulted in a significant accident.

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