Twelve Bagdogra-bound flights, among them five from Calcutta, were cancelled today because of heavy fog in Siliguri.
Hundreds of passengers from Calcutta were stranded as a Jet Airways flight returned to the city after failing to land at Bagdogra. A GoAir flight was diverted to Guwahati, said airport sources.
Other flights, including those of IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet were also cancelled.
India Meteorological Department today said similar foggy conditions would prevail for at least the next 24 hours in sub-Himalayan Bengal. “Moderate to dense fog reducing surface visibility less than 200m may occur at few places over sub-Himalayan Bengal and Bihar during the next 24 hours,” a Met official said.
The minimum visibility required for an aircraft to land at Bagdogra airport is 1,200m, but officials said that today it was lower than that. The airport connects the rest of the country to tourist destinations in north Bengal and Sikkim.
07/01/14 Telegraph
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Hundreds of passengers from Calcutta were stranded as a Jet Airways flight returned to the city after failing to land at Bagdogra. A GoAir flight was diverted to Guwahati, said airport sources.
Other flights, including those of IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet were also cancelled.
India Meteorological Department today said similar foggy conditions would prevail for at least the next 24 hours in sub-Himalayan Bengal. “Moderate to dense fog reducing surface visibility less than 200m may occur at few places over sub-Himalayan Bengal and Bihar during the next 24 hours,” a Met official said.
The minimum visibility required for an aircraft to land at Bagdogra airport is 1,200m, but officials said that today it was lower than that. The airport connects the rest of the country to tourist destinations in north Bengal and Sikkim.
07/01/14 Telegraph
