Sudden fog at IGI Airport catches airlines off guard

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport witnessed sudden fog on Sunday morning and safeguard measures had to be implemented at the new runway 29/11 for over three hours.
However, Met department officials said that this fall in visibility was not a trend indicating that there is likelihood of a fog situation setting in early this year. They added that this was due to the passing of western disturbance in the northwest part of the country in the past two days. The fog also caught many of the airlines off guard as even though the winter schedule has started many flights were not prepared for low-visibility operation and they preferred to use the main runway.
01/11/10 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010