Emirates, IndiGo planes get too close for comfort
TIMES OF INDIA
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: An aircraft of IndiGo and Emirates breached the minimum distance that has to be kept between airborne planes, in yet another scare of this kind in the Indian skies. The latest ‘airprox’ happened on January 28, 2018, in Nagpur airspace when IndiGo A-320 flying as 6E 334 (possibly Hyderabad to Raipur) and the Emirates Boeing 777 was on its way from Singapore to Dubai. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing this scare in the skies.
Modern aircraft have airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) equipment that issue two types of advisories to pilots: traffic advisories (TAs) and resolution advisories (RAs). In the first step, a TA is issued to give an advance warning to crew of two planes that they are headed in the same direction. In the second stage, RA is issued which asks crew to take evasive action to avoid mid-air collisions. In this case, RA was issued.
Confirming this, an IndiGo spokesman said: “IndiGo aircraft did receive a TCAS (traffic collision avoidance systems) RA and the other aircraft involved was an Emirates B-777. The matter was reported to the regulator (DGCA) and AAIB as per protocol. Indi-Go flight crew have followed their standard operating procedures, further we are awaiting for more details from the DGCA office or AAIB”
Given the serious nature of this incident, a team of AAIB officials headed by its senior officer Jitender Loura is probing the same.
For the full report, log on to www.timesofindia.com
TIMES OF INDIA
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: An aircraft of IndiGo and Emirates breached the minimum distance that has to be kept between airborne planes, in yet another scare of this kind in the Indian skies. The latest ‘airprox’ happened on January 28, 2018, in Nagpur airspace when IndiGo A-320 flying as 6E 334 (possibly Hyderabad to Raipur) and the Emirates Boeing 777 was on its way from Singapore to Dubai. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing this scare in the skies.
Modern aircraft have airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) equipment that issue two types of advisories to pilots: traffic advisories (TAs) and resolution advisories (RAs). In the first step, a TA is issued to give an advance warning to crew of two planes that they are headed in the same direction. In the second stage, RA is issued which asks crew to take evasive action to avoid mid-air collisions. In this case, RA was issued.
Confirming this, an IndiGo spokesman said: “IndiGo aircraft did receive a TCAS (traffic collision avoidance systems) RA and the other aircraft involved was an Emirates B-777. The matter was reported to the regulator (DGCA) and AAIB as per protocol. Indi-Go flight crew have followed their standard operating procedures, further we are awaiting for more details from the DGCA office or AAIB”
Given the serious nature of this incident, a team of AAIB officials headed by its senior officer Jitender Loura is probing the same.
For the full report, log on to www.timesofindia.com
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