SPICEJET, GOAIR FLIGHTS IN NEAR MISS OVER GOA

Two flights of SpiceJet and GoAir were involved in a near miss in the Goa airspace after the latter allegedly changed its flight course prompting the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) in the planes to go off on Saturday, officials said. SpiceJet officials said their Goa-Hyderabad flight SG 3604 “was in the climb”, pursuing its designated flight path given by the air traffic controllers.

“As the instrument landing system at the Goa airport was not available on Saturday, flights were being guided by the ATC,” said a SpiceJet official. “The GoAir flight entered the north-east airspace where the Spicejet Q400 aircraft VT-SUD was present, prompting the TCAS alert,” the official said. GoAir did not offer any comment.

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