Indigo-Air India flights come dangerously close on runway at Mumbai airport | Shocking video

The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday on runway 27 at Mumbai Airport when IndiGo flight 6E 5053, arriving from Indore's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, landed on the runway while Air India flight AI657 was still in the process of taking off for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

The close timing of the landing and takeoff of the aircrafts created a chaotic situation that could have led to major mishap.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), however, took prompt action and de-rostered the Air Traffic Control (ATC) officer and staff for their negligence. It has also begun an investigation into the matter to understand the circumstances that led to the breach of safety protocols.