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Jet-Kingfisher aircraft collide, no casualties

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Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) A Jet Airways aircraft was complex in a 'minor collision' with a Kingfisher Airlines even at Mumbai airport aboriginal Saturday, but there were no casualties, an official said. A delving has been ordered.


The blow took abode about 2 a.m. aback Jet's Mumbai-Muscat flight 9W540 with 80 cartage was advancing to booty off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the airport official said. The Kingfisher aircraft was not accustomed any passengers.


While blame aback from bay No.85, the aircraft's addition tip brushed adjoin the appendage of the Kingfisher even anchored in the adjoining bay No.84. Both are clandestine airlines.


'The addition tip of the Jet Airways aircraft hit the larboard duke stabiliser of the Kingfisher aircraft. We are evaluating the admeasurement of the damage,' a Kingfisher Airlines agent told IANS.


Since the Airbus E321 Kingfisher aircraft had been anchored there for Friday night, there were no cartage or aggregation on board. A aliment aggregation was affianced in accustomed out aliment to one of the engines of the aircraft at the time of the incident.


Both the airlines appear the amount to the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which has ordered a probe.


'Taking a austere appearance of the matter, the authorities ashore both the aircraft and the amount is actuality thoroughly investigated,' the airport official said.


There were no commuter or aggregation casualties on the Jet Airways ancillary and the cartage were accommodated on an another flight later.


This is the fourth adventure involving altered aircraft at the highly-congested Mumbai airport in the accomplished two days.

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