New Delhi: Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Monday went haywire after dense fog brought the services to a standstill for about one-and-a-half hours affecting the schedule of over 150 flights, including that of external affairs minister Salman Khurshid.
Khurshid's flight, which was to take-off from Palam Technical area for Bhutan around 9.30am, was delayed by two hours as it was caught in dense fog, sources said.
Flight operations at the airport came to a standstill for around one-and-half hours, between 5am and 6.30am, as the runway visibility was less than 50 metres on both the runways, main (28/10) and third (29/11), airport sources said.
Around 130 domestic and international flights were delayed by over three to four hours after dense fog enveloped the airport and visibility become poor.
14/01/13 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
