Cyclone hampers Kolkata flights

Bangalore: Cyclone Aila which hit the West Bengal coast on Monday, caused hardships to air commuters travelling from Bangalore to Kolkata.
Due to the storm, all flights at the NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata were suspended and as a result Indigo’s 6E155 flight which took off from Bangalore at 11.50 am could not land at the airport.
The flight was diverted to Nagpur at 4 pm and had to return to Bangalore at 5.30 pm.
Sixty-year-old Sumita Datta, a passenger aboard the aircraft — who had recently undergone a surgery said that it was an agonising wait for the passengers and their relatives.
Sources at the BIAL said that the flight could not land due to high wind speed measuring 60 knots per hour.
26/05/09 ExpressBuzz

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Categories: Airports May 2009