Calcutta: The Monday morning squall stalled operations at Calcutta airport for more than half an hour, resulting in diversion of seven flights.
Airport officials said no aircraft could take off or land between 10.18am and 10.51am because of strong winds.
Officials at the Met department in the airport said the wind blew at 62kmph for a minute at 10.03am. It slowed down to 34 kmph after some time and remained so till 10.51am.
If an aircraft lands negotiating a strong wind, it might veer off the runway or suffer a tyre burst, a pilot said.
"If there is a strong tailwind, the aircraft has the option of changing its direction and landing from the other end of the runway. But landing is impossible amidst strong crosswinds," he pointed out.
Airport officials said flights faced strong crosswinds on Monday morning.
More than 10 flights hovered over the city waiting for the wind speed to come down. Seven of them had to be diverted to other cities.
A flight each from Jaipur and Chennai of IndiGo airline were diverted to Bhubaneswar. A flight from Mumbai and another from Bangalore, both of IndiGo, were diverted to Raipur and Patna.
A Vistara flight from Chennai, an Air India flight from Bagdogra and a Jet Airways flight from Bangalore were diverted to Bhubaneswar.
30/04/18 Telegraph
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Airport officials said no aircraft could take off or land between 10.18am and 10.51am because of strong winds.
Officials at the Met department in the airport said the wind blew at 62kmph for a minute at 10.03am. It slowed down to 34 kmph after some time and remained so till 10.51am.
If an aircraft lands negotiating a strong wind, it might veer off the runway or suffer a tyre burst, a pilot said.
"If there is a strong tailwind, the aircraft has the option of changing its direction and landing from the other end of the runway. But landing is impossible amidst strong crosswinds," he pointed out.
Airport officials said flights faced strong crosswinds on Monday morning.
More than 10 flights hovered over the city waiting for the wind speed to come down. Seven of them had to be diverted to other cities.
A flight each from Jaipur and Chennai of IndiGo airline were diverted to Bhubaneswar. A flight from Mumbai and another from Bangalore, both of IndiGo, were diverted to Raipur and Patna.
A Vistara flight from Chennai, an Air India flight from Bagdogra and a Jet Airways flight from Bangalore were diverted to Bhubaneswar.
30/04/18 Telegraph
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