Dense fog disrupts air traffic, 60 flights affected

New Delhi: Dense fog enveloped the IGI airport here this morning, disrupting the schedule of around 60 domestic and international flights.
Three flights were diverted, five domestic flights cancelled and eight domestic and international flights were rescheduled. Around 40 domestic and international flights were delayed by several hours, causing inconvenience to passengers.
Fog started to descend on the airport last night and it become very dense at around 10.30 pm when the general visibility dropped to zero and the runway visibility to less than 100 metres.
The condition worsened in the morning when the runway visibility dropped to 75 metres for both, main and new, runways.
20/01/10 Press Trust of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010