Mumbai airport shut for 30 minutess, 8 flights diverted

Mumbai: The Mumbai airport remained shut for operations for around half an hour on Monday evening due to heavy rains and poor visibility, resulting in diversion of 8 flights.
"The runway operations remained closed between 8 pm and 8.30 pm due to strong tailwinds and poor visibility. There were no operations on the two runways during this time," a Mumbai International Airport Ltd spokesperson said.
Eight flights were diverted to nearby airports during the runway closure time, a Mumbai airport official said.
The operations, however, resumed at 8.35 pm, the MIAL spokesperson said without divulging the flight details.
03/07/12 IBN Live

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Categories: airports Jul 2012