New Delhi:
Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) initiated an inquiry into the incident at the Mumbai airport wherein a Jet Airways aircraft brushed against the tail of a Kingfisher plane at 0205 hours on Friday night. DGCA suspended a ground personnel and derostered two others.
Read the press statement issued by DGCA:
A ground incident took place at the Mumbai airport today, at about 1.50am. During 'pushback' from bay No. 85, a Jet Airways aircraft hit a stationary Kingfisher Airlines aircraft parked in bay No. 84, causing damage to the Left horizontal stabilizer of the Kingfisher Airlines aircraft.
Preliminary facts prima facie revealed certain lapses on the part of ground technical personnel responsible for pushback. Proper procedure was not followed for the push back operation. Overall there was no coordination between the ground crew.
This incident has been classified as 'serious incident' and an inquiry has been ordered under Rule 77C of Aircraft Rules 1937 by an Inquiry Officer. Pending investigation one technical personnel has been suspended and two other are being derostered.