New Delhi, April 17 -- Two aircraft - operated by SpiceJet and Akasa - clipped wings while taxiing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday afternoon, damaging both planes, airport officials said, adding that all the passengers were safe. Later in the day, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said a probe has been launched, and an air traffic controller and the SpiceJet pilots have been de-rostered pending investigation. The incident occurred around 2.15pm near Terminal 1, when a SpiceJet flight arriving from Leh was taxiing to its parking bay and struck an Akasa aircraft that was stationary and preparing for departure to Hyderabad. An airport official said there was visible damage to both aircraft, with a portion of SpiceJet wing lodged in the Akasa aircraft. "The Akasa flight QP-1406, heading to Hyderabad, had taxied out of the bay, while the SpiceJet flight SG-124 had arrived from Leh and was taxiing," the official said. Responding to the incident, a SpiceJet spokesperson said, "A SpiceJet B737-700 aircraft was involved in a ground occurrence while taxiing at Delhi airport, resulting in damage to its right winglet and the left-hand horizontal stabiliser of another aircraft belonging to a different airline." The spokesperson added that aircraft has been grounded. Akasa said its Delhi-Hyderabad flight had to return to the bay following the accident. "Preliminary information indicates that Akasa's aircraft was stationary when another airline's aircraft made contact with it. All passengers and crew were safely disembarked," an Akasa spokesperson said. It was not known how many passengers were there in the both the flights. htc...