New Delhi, Aug 02, 2022: A car belonging to Go First airline went under an IndiGo A320neo aircraft at the Delhi airport today, narrowly avoiding a collision with the plane’s nose wheel. The incident was caught on camera.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA - the civil aviation regulator - will investigate the incident that happened at Delhi Airport’s T2 terminal, its officials stated.
The car’s driver was subjected to a breath analyser test for consumption of alcohol and it was found to be negative, the officials told Press Trust of India.
#WATCH | A Go Ground Maruti vehicle stopped under the nose area of the Indigo aircraft VT-ITJ that was parked at Terminal T-2 IGI airport, Delhi. It was an Indigo flight 6E-2022 (Delhi–Patna) pic.twitter.com/dxhFWwb5MK
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2022
There was no damage to the plane and no one was injured, aviation industry sources told Press Trust of India.
The IndiGo aircraft was readying to depart for Patna this morning when a Swift Dzire car belonging to Go First airline went under it, narrowly avoiding collision with the nose wheel.
The plane departed for Patna on schedule, sources told Press Trust of India.
Both IndiGo and Go First did not respond to Press Trust of India’s request for statements on this incident.