YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

The Indigo flight was asked to turn left to avoid a collision, but that put the plane on the path of another aircraft of the same airline.

A last-minute adjustment averted a disaster that could have been similar to the Charkhi Dadri tragedy of 1996 in the city’s western parts when a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight and a Kazakhstan Airlines plane collided midair, killing 349 people on board both planes.

Flight traffic at the Capital’s airport is growing at around 20% each year, as have the number of alarming incidents such as planes straying into each other’s paths — on the runway or midair.

Last year, there were 32 cases of near-misses.

An increasing number of pilots, about 150, had been suspended for violating safety protocols.

“During taxiing, an aircraft is supposed to maintain a particular distance in accordance with directions from the air traffic controller. An inquiry committee will investigate how Sunday’s incident happened? It could be miscommunication,” said an official with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Till the damaged parts were repaired and the DGCA cleared both aircraft to resume operation, they will remain grounded, the official with the aviation regulator said.

There have also been strong rises for the Bet365 founder, Denise Coates, who has become the highest-paid woman in corporate history, and Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club.

The publication said that 15 years ago, there were only 21 UK-based billionaires in the Rich List, yet, remarkably, over the past 12 months 19 have seen their wealth rise by more than £1 billion within a single year.

The combined wealth of the top 500 of the list surged to £580.3 billion, more than the £575.6 billion total wealth of the 1,000 richest people in 2016.