{"id":21028,"date":"2022-05-31T16:25:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2022-05-31T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:22:22","slug":"indian-aviation-suspends-atc-for-a-near-mid-air-collision-of-2-indigo-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/indian-aviation-suspends-atc-for-a-near-mid-air-collision-of-2-indigo-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian aviation suspends ATC for a near mid-air collision of 2 IndiGo flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DGCA suspends the Air Traffic Control officer\u2019s license for a period of three months, who was involved in a breach of separation\u2019 at Bengaluru airport, reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two IndiGo flights miraculously bypassed a collision after being cleared to take off simultaneously in the same direction on January 7, 2022, after which the Directorate General of Civil Aviation had ordered an investigation into the incident.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation <\/a>(DGCA) on May 30 suspended the Air Traffic Control officer license for a period of three months, who was involved in a breach of separation\u2019 at Bengaluru<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation official declared that the two IndiGo flights 6E 455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E 246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar) took off simultaneously from north and south Runway and were involved in a breach of separation at Bengaluru airport<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“South tower controller gave departure to 6E 455 in coordination with Approach Radar controller and at the same time, North tower controller gave departure to 6E 246 without prior coordination with south tower controller and Approach Radar control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As both aircraft after departure were on converging heading i.e. moving towards each other,” read the statement released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It further reads that the approach radar controller gave a diverging heading to separate these aircraft. At the nearest point of conflict, the vertical and lateral separation between both aircraft was 100 feet (Standard 1000ft) and 0.9 NM (Standard 3NM).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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