Thursday, December 26, 2019

Poor visibility delays flights at Patna airport

Patna: Several flights at Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) Airport, Patna were delayed due to poor visibility on Wednesday. Of 37 flights operating from the airport, 13 were delayed between 30 minutes to 4.30 hours while one flight was grounded due to technical reasons.
Lucknow-Patna-Kolkata IndiGo flight with around 140 passengers and crew members was grounded at Patna airport due to technical problems. The flight had reached Patna airport from Lucknow at 10.04am instead of 9.15am. However, a fault was detected in the engine of the flight after it landed at the airport.

Santosh Kumar, assistant general manager (air traffic management) at Patna airport, said the flight’s onward journey was cancelled due to technical reasons. “We have no further information about the status of the flight. Some technicians have come to look into the problem,” he said.

A chaotic situation prevailed at the airport’s terminal building when the flight was grounded and several flights were delayed under climatic conditions. Passengers flooded social media sites with complaints. They also shares videos of chaotic situation at the airport.
26/12/19 Fayal Rumi/Times of India
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