Sunday, December 16, 2018

Vizag flight diverted to Hyderabad due to bad weather

Visakhapatnam: A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Visakhapatnam was diverted to Hyderabad on Saturday due to bad weather in Visakhapatnam.

Jet Airways flight number 9W 979 was scheduled to leave Mumbai at 11.05am and reach Visakhapatnam at 1.10pm. According to passengers, the flight took off 40 minutes late from Mumbai airport. The plane reached Visakhapatnam but was unable to make landing due to bad weather. It was then diverted to Hyderabad. After the diversion, the flight finally landed in Visakhapatnam airport at 6.30pm.
One of the passengers, M Hari Narayanan, municipal commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam, requested the airlines staff to allow passengers to take another flight to Visakhapatnam but the request was turned down. Hari Narayanan said he needed to reach Visakhapatnam to supervise rescue arrangements in case cyclone Phethai made landfall in the region.
16/12/18 Times of India
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