Nedumbassery: V J Kurien, managing director of Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), has said that heavy mist was the reason for as many as four flights being diverted from the airport on Sunday. Kurien told reporters here on Monday that nearly 400-metre-area of the runway was covered in thick mist early on Sunday, rendering it highly risky for landing of aircraft.
Oman Air WY225 flight from Muscat to Kochi was the first one diverted to Bangalore early on Sunday. Then, an Air India Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi-Delhi flight, AI466, was sent back to Thiruvananthapuram. The third flight to be re-routed, again to Thiruvananthapuram, was Air India flight AI054 from Mumbai to Kochi.
29/10/13 New Indian Express
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Oman Air WY225 flight from Muscat to Kochi was the first one diverted to Bangalore early on Sunday. Then, an Air India Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi-Delhi flight, AI466, was sent back to Thiruvananthapuram. The third flight to be re-routed, again to Thiruvananthapuram, was Air India flight AI054 from Mumbai to Kochi.
29/10/13 New Indian Express
