Overview
- An Air India A320 operating flight AI2493 took an unintended turn while taxiing after landing and entered Taxiway P instead of turning onto Taxiway G, bringing it onto the same taxiway as IndiGo flight 6E‑5160 on Wednesday evening.
- Both aircraft were brought to a halt with about 200 metres between them, there were no injuries or damage, the Air India plane was towed to its parking bay and the IndiGo flight later departed and landed safely in Mumbai.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has launched a detailed investigation focused on the Air India crew’s taxiing, the instructions given by Ahmedabad air traffic control and adherence to assigned ground‑routing.
- Multiple reports identify both planes as Airbus A320 narrow‑bodies and say prompt ATC intervention and crew action prevented escalation of the ground conflict.
- The incident follows a February ground‑movement scrape involving the same carriers and arrives during heightened DGCA scrutiny of recent Air India events, raising questions about taxiway procedures, signage and runway‑area coordination.