An air miss between Tiruchi and Madurai was reported by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said Air India flight IC-671 from Chennai to Madurai was flying at nearly 28,000 feet between Tiruchi and Madurai. The pilot was instructed to descend to 16,000 feet to a different track and resume the normal track after that to separate his aircraft from another flying above it.
However, the pilot did not follow the instructions of the ATC Tower and even before reaching 16,000 feet, he came on the normal track, sources in the AAI said. At that time, a smaller Jet Airways aircraft was on its way to Chennai from Thiruvananthapuram. Both were flying very close.
However, the ATC alerted the pilots of both airlines to take corrective steps.
