Dense fog disrupts air, rail services in Delhi

New Delhi: Thick fog enveloped the national capital on Thursday morning disrupting air and rail services and throwing normal life out of gear.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport) as around 25 domestic flights and over 10 international flights were delayed for three to four hours owing to runway visibility dropping below 50 metres.
A minimum of 150 metres visibility is required for a flight to take off.
"The visibility was poor due to fog and CAT III landing system was activated to help landing and take off of flights, some of which were delayed, diverted or rescheduled," an airport official said.
The rail services were also affected with as many as 24 trains to Delhi being delayed.
"Thirteen trains were cancelled due to the fog while another six were terminated short of Delhi. Nine trains have been rescheduled due to the inclement weather," Northern Railway's spokesperson Anant Swarup said.
07/01/10 IANS/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010