Bad weather sends more flights to Delhi

Delhi: You might have heard about flights from Delhi airport being diverted to other cities because of foggy conditions. But this season the trend seems to have reversed a bit. For the second time for this season, flights from Jaipur and Lucknow airports were diverted to Delhi.
Five flights were sent to Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday morning, officials said on Wednesday. Earlier on Monday an Air India Muscat-Jaipur flight was diverted to Delhi while three others got delayed.
The planes diverted on Wednesday includes an Indigo Mumbai-Jaipur flight, two Delhi-Lucknow flights of Air India and Kingfisher got delayed by up to three hours, a Sharjah-Jaipur flight of Air Arabia, and a Muscat- Jaipur Oman Air flight.
"It could be due to high humidity level in the area coupled with some other reasons. Temperatures in Delhi have gone down drastically. The sun has not shone for days. So, overall temperature has fallen. In the other areas, the temperatures have gone down but the atmosphere is conducive to fog. There could also be other natural disturbances causing this," said a weatherman in Delhi.
06/01/11 Surender Sharma/MiD DAY

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011