00:00All right, I don't intend to sound alarming, but there's been an incident that has taken place.
00:04The Spice Jet aircraft hits the Akasa aircraft while taxing at the Delhi airport.
00:09This is the latest information that is coming.
00:11We're trying to understand and ascertain the situation on the ground.
00:14The Spice Jet aircraft has been grounded.
00:17There has been a slight damage that has been reported in the right winglet.
00:21This should not happen.
00:22There is no excuse for such an incident to happen
00:25because that's exactly where the air traffic controller has to ensure
00:28that the landings have to be safe and secure.
00:31A Spice Jet aircraft hits Akasa aircraft while taxing at the Delhi airport.
00:36Look at the visual on your screen.
00:38So the damage is in the right winglet.
00:41Look at the damage itself.
00:43It's the Akasa aircraft that you're looking at, ladies and gentlemen.
00:46But there's a part of the Spice Jet aircraft
00:49that has got attached to the wing of the Akasa.
00:54This is reflective of possibly all that could have gone horribly wrong.
00:58And I'm glad to say that at least this is the amount of damage that has happened.
01:02But how can two aircrafts on landing
01:06not only barely touch or scrape through each other
01:09but part of its wings can get embroiled in each other's wings?
01:14This is a serious issue.
01:16Alright, more images on your screen.
01:19This is the image of another part of the aircraft.
01:21And we're trying to put out what we have confirmed from our colleagues on the ground.
01:27But this is the image that reflects on what exactly happened.
01:31The landing and the take-off for any aircraft
01:34or even for the ATC
01:36are considered to be the most risk-worthy ones.
01:40More than when the aircraft is in the air.
01:42And that is when it's landing
01:44there's a very specific instruction
01:45that comes in from the ATC
01:48to the pilot on the ground.
01:50There of course cannot be any miscommunication.
01:53There cannot be any kind of error.
01:56So what exactly happened?
01:57Was there one flyer?
01:59Another visual on your screen.
02:00The Spice Jet wing
02:01appears to have been twisted from the hit.
02:05We are only glad right now
02:07that it did not lead to any sort of injuries or casualties
02:10but we'll try and get more clarity on that.
02:16So this is the latest coming in.
02:25We are getting more images
02:26and we are trying to verify for you
02:28but this is what has happened.
02:31This is an Akasa airline
02:32and the Spice Jet airline as well.
02:35Likely that a passenger on the ground
02:37has clicked those images.
02:41India Today has accessed
02:42first and exclusive on India Today.
02:44We have accessed it from a source
02:46to help you understand
02:47what exactly happened.
02:54Alright, we are trying to get
02:55it's a developing story
02:56so we are trying to get more details
02:58and information on this.
03:00but these are ATC radio basics.
03:02Remember, this is a structured handover
03:03from the area controllers
03:05to approach control,
03:06the landing
03:07and there has to be
03:08an approval to the pilot
03:10that you are cleared to land.
03:12That's an authorization
03:13that comes in
03:14to the pilot.
03:16Then what can go so wrong
03:17that two flights
03:19literally touch each other,
03:20bang into each other
03:21resulting in this image.
03:23Amit Bhardwa joins me
03:24for the latest on that.
03:25Amit, where did this happen?
03:26What exactly?
03:27What time?
03:28And well, thank God,
03:30nothing major more than this
03:32even though this of course
03:33in itself
03:33sounds extremely dangerous.
03:37Pooja, first information
03:38for our viewers.
03:39This Akasa aircraft
03:40was actually stationary
03:42at Delhi airport
03:43and it was supposed
03:45to fly between Delhi
03:47to Hyderabad
03:47but had to,
03:48you know,
03:50bay today
03:50because,
03:51return back to the bay
03:53because of the incident
03:54or the ground occurrence
03:55that happened.
03:56So it was
03:56five jet aircraft
03:58which was taxiing
03:59when its right winglet
04:02hit into the stationary
04:04aircraft of the Akasa
04:07and the incident
04:08was immediately reported
04:09to the airport authorities.
04:12What we know
04:13for a matter of fact
04:14that no passenger
04:16or crew
04:17was hurt
04:18in the incident.
04:19All passengers
04:19and crew
04:20were safely
04:21disembarked
04:22from the Akasa aircraft
04:23because remember
04:24it was the craft
04:25which was supposed
04:25to take off
04:27from Delhi for Hyderabad
04:28and after that
04:29alternative arrangements
04:31for these passengers
04:32were made immediately
04:33by the Akasa,
04:35you know,
04:37operators.
04:38But as far as
04:39the five jet aircraft
04:40is concerned
04:41it has been grounded
04:43which is the images
04:44that we see
04:44on the screen right now.
04:46It is the right winglet
04:48of the Akasa
04:49which has gotten detached
04:50because of the,
04:51you know,
04:52hit that was made
04:54by the Akasa aircraft
04:56B-7C-7
04:58is the model
04:59of the aircraft
05:00which was involved
05:01in this ground occurrence
05:03at Delhi airport.
05:05The Spice jet
05:06has confirmed
05:07the ground occurrence
05:08at Delhi airport.
05:09They are saying
05:10that it happened
05:10during taxiing
05:11at Delhi airport
05:12resulting in damage
05:14to its right winglet
05:15and the left hand
05:16horizontal stabilizer
05:18of Akasa aircraft.
05:21They are saying
05:22that the craft
05:22has been grounded.
05:23Now,
05:24the work
05:24to repair
05:25both crafts
05:26are being carried out.
05:27Obviously,
05:27there would be
05:28an investigation
05:29into the matter
05:30as well
05:30because the authorities
05:32in this particular contest
05:33BGCA would be
05:34also alerted
05:35about the ground occurrence.
05:36But we can certainly
05:38confirm to our viewers
05:39that those on board
05:40on the Akasa aircraft
05:41who were supposed
05:42to fly for Hyderabad
05:44were safely disembarked
05:45from the aircraft.
05:47Back to you.
05:48Stay on with me,
05:49Amit Bhardwaj,
05:50bringing us this
05:50huge exclusive story
05:52and the visuals
05:53on our screen.
05:53Look at this.
05:54So, this is the
05:54Akasa Airlines aircraft
05:56at the Delhi airport
05:57during the taxing
05:58where there is then
05:59a spice jet wing
06:01that has got clipped
06:02and got attached.
06:04This is not a cardboard.
06:05This is not a paper.
06:06So, imagine the kind of material
06:07that is used
06:08for our aircraft
06:08and for it to be able
06:10to pierce through
06:11of another airline
06:12the kind of impact
06:14that would have happened.
06:15It's also likely
06:16because remember
06:17the speed at which,
06:18of course,
06:18the airlines that are landing.
06:19So, these are two
06:20different images,
06:21different angles.
06:24The airline of Akasa,
06:26the aircraft
06:26where the spice jet wing
06:27has clipped through it
06:28and then there is
06:29another one
06:29where we can see this.
06:30The broken wing is here
06:32and of course,
06:32the turned and twisted wing
06:34of the spice jet aircraft
06:35as well.
06:36I want to continue
06:36to bring in
06:38Amit Bhardwaj on this.
06:40Amit, so it's the winglet
06:41that has got stuck
06:44in Akasa Airlines
06:45but the taxing
06:46that you referred to,
06:47I want to just understand
06:48was this take-off,
06:50was this landing
06:51because the landing impact
06:52could be much more.
06:55Pooja, you know,
06:56if you look at the images
06:57that we have,
06:58the orange aircraft
06:59that you see
07:00is the Akasa aircraft
07:02and it was stationary,
07:03it was supposed
07:04to take off from here
07:05for Hyderabad.
07:07The passengers
07:07and the crew
07:08were on board
07:09when the incident happened
07:10and the other aircraft
07:13which is the spice jet aircraft
07:14on the winglet itself,
07:15you can see the name
07:16as well,
07:17pretty much visible
07:18and the part of it
07:21has been chipped off
07:22completely
07:22which is the winglet,
07:24the extension
07:25that you have in the wing
07:26to give further support
07:27and balance
07:28to the aircraft.
07:29That particular part
07:30has been chipped off
07:32after this craft
07:33was taxing.
07:34So it was the spice jet craft
07:37B-737 Boeing aircraft
07:40which was taxing
07:41when this particular
07:42incident happened.
07:43the Akasa aircraft
07:44was stationary.
07:45So it was supposed
07:46to be at the place
07:48where it was.
07:49There was,
07:49you know,
07:50as far as Akasa aircraft
07:51is concerned,
07:52because it was stationary
07:53there was no movement
07:54so you can say
07:56whatever happened
07:57was possibly
07:58because of
07:59the movement
08:13stationary aircraft.
08:13The spice jet aircraft
08:15that was coming
08:15then collided.
08:17Now remember
08:18that the aircrafts
08:19even if are close
08:20to each other
08:20there's always
08:21like you can see here
08:22there's always
08:23a ground staff
08:23available at all times
08:25around
08:25and with the
08:26whether it's the
08:27ATC,
08:28the ground staff
08:28there is a constant
08:30coordination
08:31because we're talking
08:32about hundreds of flights
08:33that are taking off
08:34and landing
08:35at the Indira Gandhi
08:36International Airport
08:36and therefore
08:37that coordination
08:38has to be seamless
08:39it usually is.
08:40So what exactly happened
08:42that a stationary plane
08:44stationed where
08:45it is supposed to be
08:46a moving plane
08:47comes in
08:47and collides
08:48hitting with a winglet
08:49that breaks down
08:50so this is
08:51the part of the
08:52spice jet wing
08:53that you can see
08:54has turned
08:54it's twisted
08:55the kind of metal steel
08:57that's used
08:58in this aluminium
08:59the kind of manner
09:00in which it turns
09:01and part of it
09:02gets literally
09:04pierced
09:04into another aircraft.
09:07Thankfully
09:08no injuries
09:09no casualties
09:09is what we hear
09:10alright
09:11I have more details
09:12coming in
09:12my team has informed me
09:13that this is
09:14a CASA aircraft
09:16operating flight
09:18QP1406
09:18from Delhi to Hyderabad
09:19and it had to return
09:21to the bay
09:22obviously
09:22this happened
09:23early this morning
09:23preliminary examination
09:25indicates that
09:26a CASA's aircraft
09:27this one
09:27the orange
09:28one was stationary
09:29when another
09:30airline's aircraft
09:31which was the
09:31spice jet
09:32came in contact
09:33now it says
09:34official statement
09:34says made contact
09:36with it
09:36clearly this is a
09:37collision
09:38and that it has
09:39pierced through
09:40another aircraft's
09:41wing
09:42all passengers
09:43and crew
09:43safely embarked
09:45our ground teams
09:46are making
09:46alternative arrangements
09:47to fly our passengers
09:48to Hyderabad
09:49at the earliest
09:49there is an established
09:51protocol of course
09:52on this
09:52relevant authorities
09:53have been informed
09:54matter is under probe
09:55at a CASA air
09:56the safety and security
09:57of our passengers
09:58and crew remain
09:59our highest priority
10:00so I'm reading
10:01from the
10:02CASA airline
10:03statement
10:04and
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