Air Miss Incidents Witnessed in Mumbai skies

BANGALORE: In sixteen days during the second and third week of May, five air miss incidents took place over Mumbai skies, as aircraft came in close contact, said a source, Reports TOI.
The air traffic control services in the country are provided by the Authority of India (AAI). However regarding the cases the topmost Airports Authority of India (AAI) monitoring aviation safety was kept in the dark.  An increase in near miss incidents over the crowded Mumbai skies is primarily the organization's concern.

Between 2013 and 2014, 13 air traffic control incidents were registered. On May 6, a serious incident took place when an IndiGo Mumbai-Jaipur flight, which was to take off from Mumbai airport's runway 14, delayed its departure because of which a Jet Airways aircraft that had been inclining downwards to land on the same runaway was forced to do a go-around at the last moment.
In a few seconds, the air traffic controllers and the pilots witnessed tense moments, because the IndiGo A320 lifted off only to find even the Jet Airways Boeing 737 flying in the same direction, which had to call off its landing a few seconds ago.
The authority investigates and finds solutions to such situations, but the job function has not been taking place as mandated.
A letter was sent to A K Sharma (regional AAI executive director) from Mangala(  AAI deputy general manager (aviation safety) of the western region ).  "AAI officials have been suppressing air miss incident reports since last year. They are being aided and abetted by the higher-ups in AAI headquarters. It is high time that air safety is given more attention, especially in view of the downgrade by aviation regulator in the U.S. last year," stated the letter.

On May 1, AAI's vigilance officer Sharma considered to call for an appropriate action. On May 5, he sought an explanation on the matter but there has been no progress since then.
"Mangala has been open in criticizing several controversial decisions taken by the AAI in the past. But by keeping her out of the loop, the AAI officials have hindered the job function of the top aviation safety official in Mumbai at a time when air miss incidents are on the rise," said an aviation source. AAI chairman was not available for comment.

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