A catering car misplaced management on the Kolkata airport and crashed into an engine of a ready Indigo plane this night.
The crash befell within the airport’s parking bay quantity 51. Studies say the plane sustained minor harm.
Sources mentioned the car had rolled ahead and collided with the plane’s engine.
In a press release, Indigo mentioned, “A 3rd-party unmanned car on the apron moved and got here in touch with a parked IndiGo plane”.
The plane has been grounded and is present process thorough inspections and essential upkeep earlier than it’s cleared for operations.
“We might be carefully working with the authorities to research this,” the airline mentioned.
“The plane was scheduled to function flight 6E 6663 from Kolkata to Guwahati. An alternate plane has been organized to function the flight,” Indigo added.
In February, the wingtips of two passenger plane got here in touch whereas taxiing at Mumbai airport. The planes concerned have been IndiGo flight 6E 791 and Air India flight AI 2732. All of the passengers have been secure.
In August final 12 months, an IndiGo Airbus A321 plane’s tail had touched the runway in Mumbai whereas powering up for a go-around manoeuvre in low altitude. The incident was attributed to unhealthy climate.
