What happened
On Saturday evening, AI 657 got the clearance to depart at the same time as IndiGo 5053 got the clearance to land on the Mumbai International Airport’s Runway 27.
According to aeroplane tracker Flightradar24, the flights were 1,671 feet apart at their closest point — the AI flight was still on the ground while the IndiGo flight was airborne — the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data from the flights showed.
AI 657 began its take-off roll at…
