Chennai: After Delhi, Lucknow, Pune and Kolkata airports have had torrid mornings, courtesy fog that’s straight out of Cherrapunji, it was finally Chennai’s turn on Friday. A thick fog cover enveloped the airport’s runway and hung in the air till a little past 8 am, causing at least 12 flights to be delayed by 45 minutes to an hour.
The Airport Met Office had been tracking the fog and had asked flights to operate on a ‘cautious’ basis as visibility was on the lower side. “This is the first time this season that we are seeing such a thick cover of fog in the city, this season. It is because the atmosphere has been stagnant and wind movement has been minimal. It may not occur again for a few days, but similar conditions are expected around Pongal,” said an officer at the Meenambakkam-based RMC office.
Though flights have been operating in much worse conditions in Central and North East India, caution was the watch word here, given the aviation climate after AirAsia flight QZ8501’s crash last week. “The visibility was even less than 350 metres so some smaller planers were advised against operating till it lifted. The larger planes and international flights in the pre-dawn segment managed to take off before the fog cover came,” said an official.
03/01/15 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
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The Airport Met Office had been tracking the fog and had asked flights to operate on a ‘cautious’ basis as visibility was on the lower side. “This is the first time this season that we are seeing such a thick cover of fog in the city, this season. It is because the atmosphere has been stagnant and wind movement has been minimal. It may not occur again for a few days, but similar conditions are expected around Pongal,” said an officer at the Meenambakkam-based RMC office.
Though flights have been operating in much worse conditions in Central and North East India, caution was the watch word here, given the aviation climate after AirAsia flight QZ8501’s crash last week. “The visibility was even less than 350 metres so some smaller planers were advised against operating till it lifted. The larger planes and international flights in the pre-dawn segment managed to take off before the fog cover came,” said an official.
03/01/15 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
