Flights to Assam delayed by dust storms

Kolkata: Three flights from Kolkata to Guwahati and one flight to Silchar in Assam were delayed today morning due to poor visibility caused by dust storms and fog here.
Kolkata-Guwahati flights of Jetlite (S2361), Air India (IC229) and Kingfisher (IT4569) did not take off from the Netaji Subhas International Airport here due to poor visibility at the Guwahati airport, airport sources here said.
The Kolkata-Silchar Alliance Air flight (CD 7705) with 45 passengers on board returned here after failing to land at Silchar. The flight again took off from here at 9.45AM, sources said.
The problem at the Gopinath Bordoloi Airport in Guwahati has been compounded by suspension of the Instrumental Landing System (ILS) which enables aircraft to land when visibility is poor due to various reasons, the sources said.
17/03/09 PTI/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Mar 2009