Air India and IndiGo planes encountered a mishap at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday when their wingtips came in contact on the taxiway, prior to takeoff.
Both aircraft were grounded for checks after the incident, and all passengers are safe, while aviation regulator DGCA’s team is at the site to probe the incident, a Civil Aviation Ministry spokesperson said.
The situation involved two Airbus A320 aircraft, said officials, adding that the Air India plane was waiting on the taxiway prior to takeoff, while the IndiGo aircraft was taxiing after landing. Both taxiways are parallel, they said, and returned to bay for inspections.
Providing details, the Civil Aviation Ministry spokesperson said that while AI2732 was taxying from C1 towards M4 for departure and IndiGo arrival flight was taxiing to join B1, right wingtips of both the aircraft touched each other.
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“The wingtips of the two aircraft made contact, resulting in damage to our aircraft’s wingtip. As a precautionary measure, the aircraft has been grounded for further technical checks. All passengers were safely disembarked,” said a spokesperson for Air India.
Air India’s AI2732 was operating from Mumbai to Coimbatore, but was delayed due to the incident, the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for IndiGo said their aircraft operating flight 6E791 from Hyderabad to Mumbai was also grounded after the brush, which happened at about 7.30 pm on Tuesday.
"All passengers are safe and disembarked after parking. The aircraft is undergoing maintenance inspections. In line with established protocols, the relevant authorities were promptly informed and the matter is being investigated," the spokesperson said.
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