Dense fog hits flights in Patna

Patna: Dense fog on Sunday morning disrupted flight schedules at the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded for hours. Their woes were further aggravated by chilly weather conditions.
"The dense fog, which descended on Patna late Saturday evening, had caused a drop in visibility which continued to hit flights' operations well beyond 11.30 am on Sunday morning," a source at the airport told TOI.
Go Air's Delhi-Patna-Delhi morning flight (G8-341) was cancelled as poor visibility led to the enforcement of Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
"More than 100 passengers were booked on the GA's return flight to Delhi. Some of them have been adjusted in our next Delhi-Patna-Delhi flight today, some on other days while refunds have been made to a few passengers," a source said.
As visibility improved later in the morning, LVP enforcement was withdrawn at the IGI Delhi airport, allowing delayed flights to resume service. As a result, GA's Delhi-Patna-Delhi flight (G8-343), which is scheduled to take off from IGI Delhi at 1.10 pm took off hours behind schedule.
26/12/10 Alok K N Mishra/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010