Narrow escape as collision averted at Chennai airport

A collision between two planes was averted at the airport when an alert air traffic control halted a cargo aircraft from moving without clearance towards the runway where a passenger airliner was preparing to take off.

According to airport sources, the Bangalore-bound Paramount Airways flight with 49 persons on board was taking off when the Etihaad cargo plane started moving towards the same runway on Thursday night. A high-level team from Delhi will conduct a detailed probe into the incident, they said. The cargo aircraft, detained along with its pilot for inquiry, was granted permission to leave on Friday.