Sharjah24 - Reuters: A Mexican official overseeing an investigation of an incident in which two aircraft nearly crashed on a runway at the country's main airport said on Monday operations at the over-stretched facility would be reduced by 25%.
A video of the Saturday near-miss at Mexico City International Airport showed one plane coming in to land just over another one waiting to take off on the same runway.
Deputy Transport Minister Rogelio Jimenez Pons said he was concerned about a number recent air safety incidents.
"There is this instruction to reduce operations by 25% in 12 months. The airport has been saturated and in terrible condition for decades," Jiminez Pons said in a media interview.
He said to implement the reduction, flights would be diverted to other airports, such as the nearby, newly built Felipe Angeles International Airport.
He said the near-miss at one of Latin America's busiest airports was most likely caused by an air traffic control mistake, noting Mexico has a shortfall of about 250 controllers, which means they work longer hours, but lives had not been in danger.
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