An Air India and an IndiGo aircrafts came face to face on the taxiway at the Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday evening.
The incident happened at around 8 pm on Wednesday, when the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Air India plane was instructed to taxi to Stand 34L via taxiways C and G, sources told HT.
The Air India aircraft took a wrong turn and came face to face Ahmedabad-Mumbai IndiGo flight. However, there was a considerable distance between the two aircraft at the taxiway.
The IndiGo flight was instructed to give way to the Air India aircraft.
Air India, in a statement, said its flight, AI2493, inadvertently took a wrong turn during taxiing, adding there was no compromise on the safety of passengers and crew.
“We are aware of an incident where our flight AI2493 operating from Mumbai to Ahmedabad on 24 June after landing inadvertently took a wrong turn during taxiing. There was no compromise on the safety of passengers and crew,” the airline said.
It added that the aircraft was towed back to the parking bay and an investigation has been initiated.
IndiGo has not issued a statement at the time of publication, as of 10.50 pm.
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