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MID-AIR COLLISION NEWS

Charkhi Dadri, one of the worst mid-air collisions: What happened in the cockpit that day

February 10, 2025 3:41 pm

Saudi Flight 763 had taken off from Delhi while Kazakh Flight 1907 was minutes away from landing in Delhi. A K Dutta, the approach controller, instructed the Saudi aircraft to maintain 14,000 ft and the Kazakhs to fly at 15,000 ft. Both crew agreed. What went wrong then?

DGCA orders probe into Jan 7 near miss involving two Indigo aircraft in Bengaluru

January 20, 2022 6:17 am

Chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Arun Kumar said the flights involved in the incident were 6E 455 departing for Kolkata and 6E 246 for Bhubaneswar.

Mid-air collision averted, Vistara flight comes close to Air India plane

February 11, 2018 4:50 pm

The collision was averted after an automatic warning alerted the pilots of the two planes of being in close proximity to each other, an official said.

Possible mid-air collision averted over Guwahati

April 01, 2013 10:05 pm

IndiGo says the flight had an advisory triggered by Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).

Plane carrying Michelle Obama aborts landing

April 20, 2011 9:49 am

Landing was aborted at the Andrews Air Force base on Monday evening as it was flying too close to a military aircraft.

14 Americans killed in series of helicopter crashes

October 26, 2009 2:42 pm

Fourteen Americans,seven troopers and three civilians,have been killed in a series of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan.

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