A wrong turn brings Air India and IndiGo planes face-to-face on the runway at Ahmedabad airport

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Two Air India planes and an IndiGo plane came face-to-face on the taxiway at Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday evening.

An IndiGo plane and an Air India plane came face to face on the runway at Ahmedabad airport. (Bloomberg)
An IndiGo plane and an Air India plane came face to face on the runway at Ahmedabad airport. (Bloomberg)

The incident occurred at around 8 pm on Wednesday, when the Air India Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight was instructed to proceed to Wing 34L via taxiways C and G, sources told HT.

The Air India plane took a wrong turn and came face to face with the Ahmedabad-Mumbai IndiGo flight. However, there was a large distance between the two planes at the taxiway.

The IndiGo flight was instructed to make way for the Air India plane.

Its flight, AI2493, inadvertently took a wrong turn while taxiing, Air India said in a statement, adding that 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 June 24 after landing inadvertently took a wrong turn while boarding a taxi. There was no compromise on the safety of passengers and crew,” the airline said.

She added that the plane was towed back to the parking lot and the investigation began.

IndiGo had not issued a statement by press time, as of 10.50pm.

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