Wings of two aircraft collide at Mumbai airport; both had flyers on board

NEW DELHI: The helping tips of a stationary Air India Airbus A320 and an IndiGo A320 scraped each different astatine Mumbai Airport connected Tuesday. The Air India aircraft, getting acceptable to alert to Coimbatore arsenic AI 2732, was stationary.

The IndiGo aircraft, having flown into Mumbai from Hyderabad arsenic 6E 791, was taxying.Both craft near broadside wings came into contact. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sought accusation from the airlines and is probing this incident.An AI spokesperson said, "Flight AI2732 operating from Mumbai to Coimbatore connected Feb 3 was delayed aft the craft scheduled to run the work came into interaction with different airline’s craft portion waiting connected the taxiway anterior to take-off.

The wingtips of the 2 craft made contact, resulting successful harm to our aircraft’s wingtip.""As a precautionary measure, the craft has been grounded for further method checks. All passengers were safely disembarked, and our crushed teams are making alternate arrangements to alert them to their destination astatine the earliest. The incidental has been reported to the regulator. Air India regrets the inconvenience caused to passengers owed to this event.

The information of our passengers and unit remains our highest priority", the spokesperson added.An IndiGo spokesperson said, “We corroborate that the wingtip of 1 of our craft operating formation 6E 791 from Hyderabad to Mumbai connected 3 February 2026 came successful interaction with an craft of different hose portion taxiing, aft landing. All passengers are harmless and disembarked aft parking. The craft is undergoing attraction inspections. In enactment with established protocols, the applicable authorities were promptly informed and the substance is being investigated.

At IndiGo, the information and information of our customers, unit and craft stay our highest priority.”