Flight operations disrupted at Cochin

Nedumbassery: International flight operations at the Cochin international airport here on Monday were thrown into complete disarray due to bad weather conditions, leading to a low visibility range for the aircraft.
During the day, two Jet airways flights- 9W 561 from Sharjah and 9W 555 Doha, that were scheduled to land here in the morning reported late arrivals after being diverted to Bangalore. Similarly, two Air India Express services, IX 434 from Dubai and IX 452 from Abu Dhabi were redirected to the Thiruvananthapuram airport and could return only after a couple of hours.
The other aircraft taking diversion to the State capital was a Kuwait Air flight KU 351 from Kuwait, which was scheduled to land here at 4.35 a.m.. In addition, an Oman air flight from Muscat that was diverted to Bangalore landed here at 10.15 a.m. with a delay of over three and half hours.
Besides, an Air India flight IC 596 from Sharjah that was scheduled to land here at 5 a.m., was diverted Kozhikode and later returned three hours later, while a Nas Air flight XY 763, which was diverted to Chennai landed here by 10.15 a.m. as against the scheduled timing of 5.50 a.m..
27/09/10 The Hindu

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Categories: airports Sep 2010