<p>Two IndiGo planes averted mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The incident was not logged in any logbook and it was not reported by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) either, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, DGCA chief Arun Kumar told <em>PTI </em>that the regulator is investigating the incident "and shall take strictest action against those found delinquent".</p>.<p>IndiGo and the AAI did not respond to <em>PTI</em>'s request for a statement on this matter.</p>.<p>Officials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the two IndiGo planes -- 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar) -- were involved in 'breach of separation' at Bengaluru airport.</p>.<p>Breach of separation happens when two aircraft cross the minimum mandatory vertical or horizontal distance in an airspace.</p>.<p>Both these aircraft departed from the Bengaluru airport within a span of approximately 5 minutes on the morning of January 9, the officials mentioned.</p>.<p>"Both aircraft after departure were on converging heading i.e. moving towards each other. Approach radar controller gave diverging heading and avoided mid-air collision," one of the officials noted.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Two IndiGo planes averted mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The incident was not logged in any logbook and it was not reported by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) either, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, DGCA chief Arun Kumar told <em>PTI </em>that the regulator is investigating the incident "and shall take strictest action against those found delinquent".</p>.<p>IndiGo and the AAI did not respond to <em>PTI</em>'s request for a statement on this matter.</p>.<p>Officials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the two IndiGo planes -- 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar) -- were involved in 'breach of separation' at Bengaluru airport.</p>.<p>Breach of separation happens when two aircraft cross the minimum mandatory vertical or horizontal distance in an airspace.</p>.<p>Both these aircraft departed from the Bengaluru airport within a span of approximately 5 minutes on the morning of January 9, the officials mentioned.</p>.<p>"Both aircraft after departure were on converging heading i.e. moving towards each other. Approach radar controller gave diverging heading and avoided mid-air collision," one of the officials noted.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>