NEW DELHI: An alert Vistarapilot-in-command saved two aircraft — one which she had just landed and the other about to take off — with 322 people on board from potentially colliding at Delhi Airport on Wednesday morning. Captain Sonu Gill had landed UK 926 from Ahmedabad on IGIA’s runway 29L and air traffic control (ATC) had given her “continuous taxi” to terminal 3 by crossing the parallel active runway 29R.
However,ATC at the same time cleared a Vistara flight (UK 726) to take off for Bagdogra from Runway 29R.