Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Bad weather at Kolkata, four flights diverted to Bhubaneswar

Four flights bound for Kolkata were diverted to Biju Patnaik International Airport on Wednesday evening due inclement weather conditions there.

Airport Director R Mahalinganm said, four flights - two of Indigo, one of Air India and the fourth one of Spicejet landed at the BPIA one after the other. All four of those were airborne 10:30 pm after weather conditions in Kolkata improved.

Contacted Air India Station Manager Tapas Ranjan Ray said, the flight AI 764 took from from Delhi at 5 pm.

It was scheduled to land at Kolkata at 7:20 pm but took a de-tour to Bhubaneswar due to the occurrence of a cyclonic storm at teh destination. The aircraft took off from BPIA at 9:45 pm, he added.
17/08/16 New Indian Express

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