Descending over Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, yet again on Monday, dense fog disrupted airline operations forcing the reschedule of 30 domestic and international flights and canceling out at least six. Low visibility has affected nearly 900 flights since the fog season started early this month.
"The fog, which began to descend late Sunday night, affected normal operations at the airport, delaying the flights and diverting one to Jaipur," said a report on the PTi website before adding that six flights were cancelled.
Air India flight from Muscat to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur around 0315 hours when the general visibility was zero and the runway visibility range (RVR) was 100 metres.
The "zero visibility" condition remained for about four hours from 0100 hours to about 0500 hours this morning.
But the visibility dropped to 'zero' at 7.30am again but the RVR remained at 275 metres and some flights operated under CAT-III B conditions.
Yesterday, over 50 flights were delayed while around 15 were cancelled and 23 others diverted to other destinations due to the fog.
During this fog season since December 29, over 900 flights have been delayed and around 150 cancelled when dense fog wrapped the IGI airport.
"The fog, which began to descend late Sunday night, affected normal operations at the airport, delaying the flights and diverting one to Jaipur," said a report on the PTi website before adding that six flights were cancelled.
Air India flight from Muscat to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur around 0315 hours when the general visibility was zero and the runway visibility range (RVR) was 100 metres.
The "zero visibility" condition remained for about four hours from 0100 hours to about 0500 hours this morning.
But the visibility dropped to 'zero' at 7.30am again but the RVR remained at 275 metres and some flights operated under CAT-III B conditions.
Yesterday, over 50 flights were delayed while around 15 were cancelled and 23 others diverted to other destinations due to the fog.
During this fog season since December 29, over 900 flights have been delayed and around 150 cancelled when dense fog wrapped the IGI airport.
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