India, June 25 -- A potentially catastrophic runway incursion was narrowly averted on Wednesday evening at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, where an IndiGo aircraft taxiing for departure and an Air India flight on final approach came dangerously close on the same runway.

The incident occurred around 6.30 PM when the IndiGo flight was taxiing out for a departure to Mumbai, while the Air India aircraft (operating flight AI2493 from Mumbai to Ahmedabad) was landing. Aviation sources told The Pioneer that the two aircraft came perilously close, raising serious safety concerns at the busy single-runway airport.

Prima facie assessment indicates that the Air India pilot appears to have made an error during the landi...