Watch: Plane lands on runway as one other jet takes off at similar time | News | EUROtoday

Watch the second two passenger planes narrowly averted colliding – with one touchdown on the similar time one other was taking off.

The Airbus A320 operated by IndiGo made its ultimate descent and touched down whereas the Air India flight, additionally an A320, was nonetheless on the runway.

Officials are actually investigating the near-miss on the Mumbai airport in India on Saturday 8 June.

They stated that pointers had been breached.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated it had suspended the Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel accountable whereas the inquiry is carried out.

In response to the incident, IndiGo stated in a press release that their flight was given touchdown clearance by ATC at Mumbai Airport.

Air India added that their plane was cleared by ATC to enter the runway and subsequently cleared for take-off.