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Heavy fog hits air and rail traffic
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Air and rail traffic was Sunday
affected due to heavy fog with about 50 flights being delayed,
two cancelled and eight diverted from the IGI airport here
while over 25 Delhi-bound trains were running late by varying
periods, some by even 11 hours.
Dense fog started to envelope the airport at around 9.30
pm Saturday night with runway visibility dropping to 600
metres, forcing the airport authorities to implement the low
visibility procedures (LVP).
"The LVP was implemented at 9.44 pm when the runway
visibility range (RVR) dropped to 800 metres and lasted for 12
hours 42 minutes and terminated this morning at 10.26 am, when
RVR improved significantly to 1200 metres," a DIAL
spokesperson said.
The airlines were forced to divert their flights to
Lahore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Mumbai as the runway visibility
continued to deteriorate and dropped to 75 metres.
A total of eight filghts to the national capital were
diverted. Three Air India's flights from Dubai to Delhi were
diverted to Jaipur, while Jet Airways' Dubai-Delhi flight was
diverted to Mumbai.
One Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to Delhi was diverted to
Lahore in Pakistan, while Gulf Air's Bahrain-Delhi flight was
diverted to Mumbai. Also, One Moscow-Delhi flight of Seroflot
was diverted to Mumbai and Eva Airways' Taipei-Delhi flight
had to be diverted to Ahmedabad due to zero-visibility
condition at Delhi, the spokesperson added.
Two Kingfisher flights were cancelled due to fog while
Air-India's Delhi-Kabul flight was cancelled due to bad
weather condition at Kabul airport, officials said.
Dense fog was witnessed in the morning between 5 am to 8
am, which resulted in the delay of several flights out of
Delhi.
Around 10 Kingfisher flights flying out of Delhi were
delayed by upto two hours while three incoming flights were
also delayed due to fog, a Kingfisher airline spokesperson
said.
A number of flights coming from various destinations were
delayed by upto four hours.
"No flights were cancelled due to bad weather in Delhi.
However, our Dubai-Jaipur-Delhi flight was diverted to Jaipur
at around 5.25 am due to zero visibility at the airport here,"
an Air-India spokesperson said.
The low-cost carrier Indigo also said that its flight
remained unaffected due to the fog.
Airlines made efforts to inform the passengers about the
change in their flight timings.
However, some passengers who came from abroad complained
that no information about their flights was available. "I came
from Finland this morning and I have to go to Pune but the
airlines are not providing me any information about my flight
and I have been standing here since early morning," said
Rahul, who arrived at IGI early this morning.
Some domestic passengers also complained that they were
not informed by the airlines about the timing of their flight.
"The IGI airport will tonight also experience very dense
fog and at present the visibility may drop to less than 300
metres," R K Jenamani Director IGI Met Department said.
Meanwhile, over two dozen trains approaching Delhi were
running late BY upto 11 hours due to heavy fog in the region.
"The trains are running late due to heavy fog. We will
try to reschedule minimum number of trains which will depart
from Delhi," a Northern Railway official said.
"Though the trains are running late by upto 11 hours, we
will not cancel any train today," he said.
The trains running late include Jhelum Express, Andhra
Pradesh Express, Yasvanthpur Sampark Kranti Express, Ranchi
Rajdhani Express, Patna Raj Express, Bilaspur Rajdhani
Express, Mewar Express, GT Express, Bihar Amritsar Express and
Lichchavi Express.
New Delhi bound Lichchavi Express is running late by 11
hours, according to railway officials.
In addition to these, Indore-Nizamuddin Intercity,
Farakka Express, Mahabhodhi Express, Gorakh Dham Vaishali
Express, Purva Express, Shivganga Express, Maghad Express,
Vikramashila Express, Sampurna Kranti, Janshadhran Express and
Muzaffarpur Sampark Kranti Express were also running late by
more then two hours, they said. PTI
affected due to heavy fog with about 50 flights being delayed,
two cancelled and eight diverted from the IGI airport here
while over 25 Delhi-bound trains were running late by varying
periods, some by even 11 hours.
Dense fog started to envelope the airport at around 9.30
pm Saturday night with runway visibility dropping to 600
metres, forcing the airport authorities to implement the low
visibility procedures (LVP).
"The LVP was implemented at 9.44 pm when the runway
visibility range (RVR) dropped to 800 metres and lasted for 12
hours 42 minutes and terminated this morning at 10.26 am, when
RVR improved significantly to 1200 metres," a DIAL
spokesperson said.
The airlines were forced to divert their flights to
Lahore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Mumbai as the runway visibility
continued to deteriorate and dropped to 75 metres.
A total of eight filghts to the national capital were
diverted. Three Air India's flights from Dubai to Delhi were
diverted to Jaipur, while Jet Airways' Dubai-Delhi flight was
diverted to Mumbai.
One Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to Delhi was diverted to
Lahore in Pakistan, while Gulf Air's Bahrain-Delhi flight was
diverted to Mumbai. Also, One Moscow-Delhi flight of Seroflot
was diverted to Mumbai and Eva Airways' Taipei-Delhi flight
had to be diverted to Ahmedabad due to zero-visibility
condition at Delhi, the spokesperson added.
Two Kingfisher flights were cancelled due to fog while
Air-India's Delhi-Kabul flight was cancelled due to bad
weather condition at Kabul airport, officials said.
Dense fog was witnessed in the morning between 5 am to 8
am, which resulted in the delay of several flights out of
Delhi.
Around 10 Kingfisher flights flying out of Delhi were
delayed by upto two hours while three incoming flights were
also delayed due to fog, a Kingfisher airline spokesperson
said.
A number of flights coming from various destinations were
delayed by upto four hours.
"No flights were cancelled due to bad weather in Delhi.
However, our Dubai-Jaipur-Delhi flight was diverted to Jaipur
at around 5.25 am due to zero visibility at the airport here,"
an Air-India spokesperson said.
The low-cost carrier Indigo also said that its flight
remained unaffected due to the fog.
Airlines made efforts to inform the passengers about the
change in their flight timings.
However, some passengers who came from abroad complained
that no information about their flights was available. "I came
from Finland this morning and I have to go to Pune but the
airlines are not providing me any information about my flight
and I have been standing here since early morning," said
Rahul, who arrived at IGI early this morning.
Some domestic passengers also complained that they were
not informed by the airlines about the timing of their flight.
"The IGI airport will tonight also experience very dense
fog and at present the visibility may drop to less than 300
metres," R K Jenamani Director IGI Met Department said.
Meanwhile, over two dozen trains approaching Delhi were
running late BY upto 11 hours due to heavy fog in the region.
"The trains are running late due to heavy fog. We will
try to reschedule minimum number of trains which will depart
from Delhi," a Northern Railway official said.
"Though the trains are running late by upto 11 hours, we
will not cancel any train today," he said.
The trains running late include Jhelum Express, Andhra
Pradesh Express, Yasvanthpur Sampark Kranti Express, Ranchi
Rajdhani Express, Patna Raj Express, Bilaspur Rajdhani
Express, Mewar Express, GT Express, Bihar Amritsar Express and
Lichchavi Express.
New Delhi bound Lichchavi Express is running late by 11
hours, according to railway officials.
In addition to these, Indore-Nizamuddin Intercity,
Farakka Express, Mahabhodhi Express, Gorakh Dham Vaishali
Express, Purva Express, Shivganga Express, Maghad Express,
Vikramashila Express, Sampurna Kranti, Janshadhran Express and
Muzaffarpur Sampark Kranti Express were also running late by
more then two hours, they said. PTI
