Shocking: India could have seen as many as 26 aeroplane crashes in the last one year

It was on March 29, 2016 that all passengers onboard flights SpiceJet 614 and Air Mauritius 746 safely got off the crafts without ever realizing one thing, this could have turned out to be their last journey since both the aircrafts had come in close proximity with each other in the Chennai International Airport airspace.

This incident, called a near miss incident because of proximities that could lead to compromise in their safety on air, has gone down in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) record.

Whenever there is a delay in landing because of bad weather and other technical issues, there is always an announcement to declare it to the passengers, but in near miss incidents, no such announcement is made, resulting in passengers leaving the airport without a clue of what could have happened.

Counting the number of such incidents in the last 12 months, there have been 35 such cases between March 3, 2015 and March 29, 2016, and all of them have occurred in just eight airports, one of which, the Jammu airport, is controlled by the Indian Air Force.

Sometimes, such incidents happen because of close proximities with other flights, and sometimes, an aircraft might pick up a command that was meant for another aircraft and act on it. Moreover, sometimes, aircrafts might even get signals for wrong turns, leading to such incidents.

Such miscommunications were all taken up seriously by the DGCA, which has put in place a total of 11 corrective measures, ranging from proficiency checks for pilots and Air Traffic Controllers to circulars issued to change confusing call-signs.

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