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Two planes were involved and about to collide on one of the runways at the Mexico City International Airport.
As has been pointed out, the incident took place on May 7 and it is now that the importance of migrating operations to AIFA has begun to be pointed out.
The International Airport of Mexico City (AICM), has been a topic of conversation in recent hours, due to the fact that it was announced that an air traffic control error involving two Volaris airline planes, causing the two planes to almost collide, so that, within the digital conversation, the question arose as to whether Volaris proves that AICM should donate flights to AIFA.
Two planes almost collide
As far as is known, an air traffic control error could have had fatal consequences, since it has been revealed that two planes of the Volaris airline, one on the ground and the other that was arriving at the AICMcould have coincided, this because one of the planes, it was already in the final approach phase, for which it was given permission to land on runway 05L; however, on that same runway, the second plane involved was getting into position.
As indicated, the incident took place on May 7, where the plane identified as Airbus A320 registration XA-VRV, which was on its way to Mazatlán and Mexico City,
As a result of the incident and according to the video that has begun to circulate on networks, which is presumed to have been recorded by members of theThe crew, who was on the ground, was the one who alerted the Volaris A320 and the Control Tower that the runway was occupied, which caused what was determined to be a “go-around” a few meters between the two planes.
“There is traffic on the path of the 05 left”
The incident
Although the incident happened in days past, it was recently that in the Secretariat of Infrastructure Communications and Transportation (SICT) reported that so far this year, there are no official reports on incidents at the AICM, at the time of landing or taking off.
However, dWithin the digital conversation as a result of the viralized videos, they point out the level of incidents and the seriousness that some could cause, such as the one mentioned above, This is due to the lack of air traffic controllers, as well as the proper functioning of the systems used for safe control, which is why comments have begun to point out that the incident reveals the need for flights to be migrated to the new International Airport. Felipe Angeles, (AIFA).
Last night at the CDMX airport, on the verge of a fatal accident, 2 Volaris planes about to crash, one on the runway to take off, the other landing, had to take flight again before touching the ground, air traffic error @UlyssesGtzR @hectorobregon @cmtovar pic.twitter.com/eFKtNzE6Hm
– Arturo Ballesteros N (@ABN58) May 8, 2022
Having the new Felipe Angeles airport and the airlines do not want to use it and prefer to put at risk the lives of people whose bad decisions are not our fault. Is the Volaris thing being constant, his excuse? Air traffic.
— BiancaV🇺🇸 (@BiancaVME) May 8, 2022
Given what happened, Merca20, took on the task of looking for representatives of Volaris, with the intention of providing some comment, about the incident, for which it contacted airline personnel, who commented that until At the moment it does not have an official position, so it will remain awaiting any comment or signal.
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