I-Air India ngesonto eledlule ijoyine i-Star Alliance njengelungu eligcwele. Inkampani yezindiza manje iqophe ukushayisana okuseduze esibhakabhakeni ezweni lakubo i-India. Indiza ye-Indigo esuka e-Bagdogra yasondela eduze kwendiza eyehlayo i-Air India phezu kwe-Bagdogra eNtshonalanga Bengal ngoLwesihlanu ntambama yabeka abagibeli abangu-250 ezindizeni zombili lezi zindiza engozini enkulu.
I-Air Traffic Control (ATC) inikeze imvume kuzo zombili izindiza, ngokusho kokhulumela inkampani yezindiza i-Indigo.
Indiza i-Air India 879, ethwele abagibeli abangu-120, ibiyehla kanti indiza ye-Indigo Bagdogra-Delhi engu-6E472 enabagibeli abangu-130 yanikezwa imvume yokugibela ubude obungamamitha angu-30,000, kusho okhulumela i-Indigo.
Indiza ye-Indigo ihambe ngo-1222 hrs. Njengoba besondela eduze komunye nomunye bephula ukuhlukaniswa kwe-1000m, abashayeli bendiza ye-Indigo kanye nendiza ye-Air India, nokho, baziqondise ukuze bagweme ukuduka, kusho umkhulumeli.
Ukaputeni wendiza ye-Indigo uthole isistimu yokugwema ukushayisana kwethrafikhi (i-TCAS) izeluleko zokuxazulula (i-RA). Ngokusho kwe-Standard Operation Procedure (SOP), ukaputeni walandela i-RA futhi wehla futhi indiza ye-AI nayo yalandela i-RA yajika kwesokudla, kusho umkhulumeli.
Lapho oKaputeni sebethole umyalezo “ocacile wengxabano”, babuyela esimweni esejwayelekile, wengeza.
Indiza ye-Indigo yahlala eDelhi ngo-1415hrs. I-DCGA yenza uphenyo ngalesi sigameko.
