2 aircraft wings scrape while taxiing at Mumbai airport

Wingtips of Air India and IndiGo planes came in touch with each other at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday evening, and both aircraft have been grounded for checks, according to officials.All passengers are safe. While Air India's plane was waiting on the taxiway prior to take off, the IndiGo aircraft was taxiing after landing at the airport, which has parallel taxiways. Both were Airbus A320 aircraft. Aviation regulator DGCA's team is probing the incident, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said.The incident happened at around 7.30 pm. 

Mumbai Airport | While Air India AI2732 was taxiing from C1 towards M4 for departure, and the IndiGo arrival flight was taxing joining B1, the right wing tips of both the aircraft touched each other. Both aircraft were taxiing at the time of the incident. Both aircraft returned… pic.twitter.com/hZXxlrrx9l

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An Air India spokesperson said flight AI2732 operating from Mumbai to Coimbatore was delayed after the aircraft scheduled to operate the service came into contact with another airline's aircraft while waiting on the taxiway prior to take-off. "The wingtips of the two aircraft made contact, resulting in damage to our aircraft's wingtip. As a precautionary measure, the aircraft has been grounded for further technical checks. All passengers were safely disembarked," the spokesperson said in a statement.
An IndiGo spokesperson in a statement said the wingtip of its aircraft operating flight 6E791 from Hyderabad to Mumbai came in contact with a plane of another airline while taxiing, after landing. All passengers are safe and disembarked after parking.  the relevant authorities were promptly informed and the matter is being investigated, the spokesperson said. Both the planes were taxying at the time of incident and later, the aircraft returned to bay for inspections.