Near-Miss Between IndiGo and BSF Planes, Close Shave for Home Secy

Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was in the BSF plane which nearly collided with an Indigo aircraft.

File photo of an IndiGo aircraft. Image used for representational purpose.

(Photo: Reuters)

• A Border Security Force (BSF) plane carrying Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi came within 400 ft of an Indigo aircraft on Friday night.
• The mid-air near-collision reportedly happened over Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir.
• A report on Mehrishi’s narrow escape has been filed with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

(With inputs from PTI)