Unexpected rain grounds flights

New Delhi: Bad weather coupled with air traffic congestion at Indira Gandhi International Airport resulted in large number of flight delays on Wednesday. Almost all flights that landed at IGIA between 3pm and 5pm were delayed by at least an hour. Departures, too, got delayed during that period. Though
the airport only recorded a trace of rainfall, high wind speed that accompanied it affected flight movement at the airport. Some flights, such as Jet Airways' Guwahati-Delhi flight (9W 2280) was delayed by more than three hours.
In the past one week, the airport has reported several weather-related delays. On Saturday, heavy rain, high-speed wind and squall resulted diversion of 12 flights and as many as 50 flight were delayed.
18/11/10 Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010