Jet Airways passengers have a narrow escape at Mumbai airport

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Richa Sinha

23 October, 2010

Passengers of Jet Airways flight 9W 540 had a narrow escape at Mumbai Airport in the wee hours of Saturday. The wing of the Jet Airways flight 9W 540 brushed the tail of a parked Kingfisher plane.

PASSENGERS OF Jet Airways flight 9W 540 had a narrow escape at Mumbai Airport in the wee hours of Saturday. The wing of the Jet Airways flight 9W 540 brushed the tail of a parked Kingfisher plane. The Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Muscat, had 122 passengers on board, while the Kingfisher flight had none. The incident took place at 2:05 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, no injuries were reported.

According to airport sources, the pilot of Jet Airways flight 9W5402 reported that while pushing back from Bay 85, the aircraft tip brushed against the tail fin of an adjacent Kingfisher plane, that was parked in Bay 84. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating the incident.

According to the Jet spokesperson, the Jet airways passengers were flown to their destination by another aircraft. In a statement Jet Airways said the incident is being probed in coordination with Mumbai Airport and DGCA authorities. Kingfisher also said the extent of damage is being probed and that their engineering team is carrying out maintenance work.

Jet Airways is India's second largest airline after Air India and it operates over 400 flights daily to 67 destinations worldwide.

Source: ANI