Saturday, January 21, 2017

Fog, Republic Day preparations delay 21 flights

Hundreds of flyers on Friday spent hours holed up inside their aircraft. A mix of low visibility that set in from 3am and then airspace closure for Republic Day preparations delayed outbound flights by close to three hours.
Airlines did not allow them to alight to stretch their legs and board later, closer to departure time. This 'torture' could continue at least till R-Day as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has expressed its helplessness regarding this issue.
The Met department forecast shows morning fog during the weekend and then an approaching western disturbance from Monday will shape weather conditions for the next week.
"Our flight to Mumbai was at 9.40am and we boarded the aircraft at 9.15am. A little later the crew announced that the flight is delayed. We asked the crew to let us go back to the terminal. However, that was not allowed and the plane finally took off just before noon," said S Mukherjee who had booked a low cost carrier to fly to Mumbai on Friday morning.
21/01/17 The Times Of India
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