Fog blanket on flight, train schedule

New Delhi: Following the heavy fog, Air India rescheduled two international flights, PTI reported. New York-bound AI-101 and AI-121 to Frankfurt (both non-stop flights) were rescheduled. The Frankfurt flight has been rescheduled for 11 am Thursday, Air India officials were quoted by the agency.
For officials at the IGI Airport, it wasn’t very different from how the day began, with only a couple of flights operating in low visibility conditions. Runway visibility went down to 50 metres and stayed much below 150 metres from 2 am to 11 am. To add to the backlog, Delhi’s airspace was shut for normal operations for an hour from 11.15 am for Republic Day rehearsals.
Several aircraft had to wait in queue for over two hours before they could take off due to deteriorating visibility levels.
As many as 150 flights were delayed due to fog on Wednesday. One domestic and six international flights had to be diverted to other domestic destinations.
Six domestic departures, three domestic arrivals and an international departure had to be cancelled, while four other flights were rescheduled.
Earlier, fog delayed a Dubai-bound Emirates flight, EK513, by over 15 hours. The flight was scheduled for at 4.15 am but could not take off due to low visibility conditions. Passengers and crew were offered hotel accommodation.
21/01/10 Indian Express

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