Sleeping Jet Airways Bus Driver Rams Air India Plane in 'Rs 400 Cr Crash'

03:26PM Tue 22 Dec, 2015

KOLKATA: A Jet Airways shuttle bus driver has confessed that he dozed off and crashed into an Air India aircraft at the Kolkata airport early this morning, causing damage worth crores though no one was seriously hurt. The plane, said to be worth Rs 400 crore, was extensively damaged, says Air India. The driver, Momin Ali, is likely to be arrested. "He has said that after a night shift, he had fallen asleep and deviated from his route," said airport director AK Sharma. There were no passengers in the aircraft or on the bus when the incident took place at around 5:25 am.   NDTV