Watch: Five parachute-like objects spotted over Mumbai airport airspace, flights abort take-off

Unidentified parachute-like objects were spotted in the Mumbai airport airspace on Saturday evening, raising security concerns. Officials of the aviation safety regulator said the aerial objects that created a flutter at the airport, when two Jet Airways flights were asked to abort take-off and landing, could be weather balloons. Sources in the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) said the Indian Meteorological Department's airport bureau in Santacruz had set off balloons to collect weather data. The airfield staff alerted the air traffic control (ATC) tower which in turn asked pilots lined up for take-off and landing to be cautious since they were crossing the runway intersection.