A potentially serious runway incident was averted at Mumbai airport on Tuesday night after an Air India flight preparing to depart for Delhi was forced to abort its take-off because an Air India Express aircraft had not yet cleared the same runway.
According to the Times of India, the incident took place around 9.40 pm when Air India flight AI816, operating from Mumbai to Delhi, had entered Runway 27 and begun its take-off roll. At the same time, Air India Express flight AIX1547, arriving from Bagdogra (Siliguri), had landed on the same runway and was still in the process of vacating it, sources told TOI.
