Fog disrupts flight; 150 delayed, 30 canceled

New Delhi : A thick blanket of fog that engulfed the national capital on Wednesday morning badly disrupted the flight schedule at the IGI airport here, resulting in delay, cancellation and diversion of a large number of domestic and international services.
"Over 150 flights, coming to Delhi and taking off from here, were delayed by up to three hours. 18 flights -- 13 domestic and five international -- were diverted and 18 flights to various destinations were cancelled due to the dense fog," a DIAL spokesperson said.
"There was no movement of flights between 0630 hours and 09:30 hours as the Runway Visibility Range (RVR) dropped to a low of 75 metres and visibility less than 50 metres," he said.
The airport authorities implemented Safeguard Procedure at 05:36 hours, when RVR dropped to 750 metres, and Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) were implemented at around 05:55 hours when it dropped to 250 metres.
The LVP continued for over five hours till 11:05 hours when RVR improved to 1,300 metres, airport officials said.
Though some flights landed using CAT-IIIB Instrument Landing System, flight movement came to standstill for three hours between 06:30 to 09:30 hours, they said.
07/02/08 PTI/The Hindu

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