Heavy workload at IGI ATC behind 2023 ‘near miss’: Report
New Delhi: Heavy workload on air traffic controllers at the country’s busiest airport, Delhi’s IGIA, has been cited as a contributory factor to a near miss between a departing Ethiopian Airlines plane and an incoming Vistara flight on Nov 10, 2023. The planes collectively had 227 people on board.
The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 was taking off from runway 29R. Around the same time, an Airbus A320 of erstwhile Vistara was to land on nearby runway 29L. The Vistara flight initiated a missed approach due to wind shear, coming into conflict with the departing aircraft.
