Many flights were delayed while some incoming aircraft were diverted due to the non-availability of runway 28 for almost an hour. A file photo : Ramesh Pathania/ MintNew Delhi: In a major fiasco, an IndiGo aircraft on Wednesday left its assigned lane, crossed the runway, and entered another taxiway where a Jet Airways plane was stationed, prompting the pilots to apply the brakes to avoid a collision and potential disaster at the Delhi airport on Wednesday. The two pilots of the Visakhapatnam-bound IndiGo aircraft have been taken off duty, pending investigation, even as air safety regulator DGCA has started a probe into the incident which took place around 5.40am. While IndiGo aircraft had 81 passengers onboard, Jet Airways Boeing 737 plane was carrying 142 passengers at the time of the mix-up, sources said. Many flights were delayed while some incoming aircraft were diverted due to the non-availability of runway 28 for almost an hour, sources said.

Source: Mint February 01, 2017 13:52 UTC