New Delhi: Nearly 150 flights to and from Delhi were cancelled or diverted since Sunday night as the national capital faced its heaviest fog in four years, causing travel schedules to go awry. A further 37 flights departing from and 188 flights arriving into the city's IGI airport were delayed due to the heavy fog.
"Some of the flights had to be diverted to nearby airports as well," said an airport official of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
"Maximum diversions were towards Lucknow, where nearly 20 Delhi-bound flights were diverted." Some of the flights diverted to Lucknow late on Sunday night had to wait overnight before being able to fly back to New Delhi. Delhi's delays had a cascading effect on other airports as well. Airlines were forced to cancel at least about 25 from Mumbai during early hours of the morning. The number of total cancelled, delayed and diverted flights almost touched a hundred by end of day, according to sources.
Even though the IGI Airport is a CAT III B compliant airport, the visibility on Monday morning dropped below minimum visibility requirements. In CAT III B compliant airports, aircraft can land when visibility is up to 75 meters and minimum visibility requirement for low visibility take off is between 125 meters to 150 meters depending on the aircraft size.
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