Mumbai: Flight operations at the Mumbai airport were suspended for nearly half an hour as visibility dropped well below the required 550 meter-mark following heavy rains and lightning that lashed the metropolis this evening.
Around 20 flights were affected with seven of them being diverted to Hyderabad, Vadodara and Ahemedabad airports and the rest forced to 'go-around' (abort landing on final approach) when the only runway was closed in the evening, airport sources said.
The airport handles around 930 arrivals and departures a day, with 42 movements per hour on an average.
"The visibility dropped to 250 meters at around 1849 hrs (6:49 pm), forcing the airport authorities to shut operations.
19/09/17 PTI
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Around 20 flights were affected with seven of them being diverted to Hyderabad, Vadodara and Ahemedabad airports and the rest forced to 'go-around' (abort landing on final approach) when the only runway was closed in the evening, airport sources said.
The airport handles around 930 arrivals and departures a day, with 42 movements per hour on an average.
"The visibility dropped to 250 meters at around 1849 hrs (6:49 pm), forcing the airport authorities to shut operations.
19/09/17 PTI
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