Smog shuts Mumbai airports

Mumbai: Scores of passengers were stranded on Saturday morning after both Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and the domestic airport were shut down for over an hour.
Increased pollution, leading to smog, had affected visibility on the runways, forcing the airports to suspend operations. “All operations were shut down from 6.45 to 8.15am,” a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) said.
Flights expected to land in Mumbai were diverted to Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Vadodara. Four Air Deccan flights, two Jet Airways flights and one each from SpiceJet and Kingfisher were hit.
“No take-offs or landings could take place either,” according to MG Junghare, general manager, Aerodrome of the Western Region.
30/09/07 Manisha Singhal/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007