Five flights diverted toVaranasi due to storm in Delhi
Airport director Puneet Gupta said on Sunday, "Four Delhi-bound IndiGo flights and one of Air India were diverted to Varanasi due to bad weather in the national capital." Initially, AIC2703 A20N Kolkata-Delhi was allowed to land, after which four more flights, including IGO2007 A21N Mumbai-Delhi, IGO16M A20N Dubai-Delhi, and IGO6072 A21N Calicut-Delhi, landed here. All these landings took place after 2 am, and their departure was allowed after over a one-hour stay.
The airport and airline officials and staff remained busy making necessary arrangements for the comfortable stay of passengers.
Delhi witnessed a powerful spell of heavy rain and thunderstorms on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, which brought air traffic to a temporary halt at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It resulted in the diversion of around 49 flights, including 17 international, from Delhi. tnn
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