Indigo collided with the stairs of the SpiceJet
Mumbai: Due to bad weather, a major accident took place at Mumbai Airport today. It is being told that an Indigo plane collided with the SpiceJet stairs on Saturday morning due to strong winds. This has caused some damage to the wings and engine of the aircraft.
The accident occurred in the apron area of Mumbai airport around 7.30am. A photograph of the wreck shows the weather guard roof of the step ladder sliced in by the leading edge of the A320 wing. The strong wind appears to have sent the step ladder reversing into the wing in high speed. After the winds abated, the split roof of the step ladder was left biting into the wing of the A320.
SpiceJet in a statement said that “On June 6, a SpiceJet step ladder was parked on stand C87 (where one of our aircraft VT-SLA was parked) at the Mumbai airport. On stand C86, an Indigo aircraft was parked. Both aircraft were not in service at that time. In morning around 7.30am, sudden strong winds picked up. There was no prior weather warning or advisory.
