Flight operations at the New Delhi airport come to standstill as a dense fog enveloped the area this morning.
Flight operations in New Delhi were disrupted for second consecutive day on Tuesday due to heavy fog with about 18 flights, including six international, being delayed and nine being cancelled. The general visibility at the Indira Gandhi International airport fell below 50 metres and runway visibility range (RVR) dipped to less than 100 metres, bringing a halt to flight operations, sources said.
About a dozen flights were on Wednesday delayed after a blanket of fog enveloped New Delhi, also marginally bringing down the mercury to below 13 degree Celsius.
Flight services were severely hit for the first time this winter as airliners had to either reschedule or cancel a number of services to domestic destinations like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Jammu.
The runway visibility range at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was around 1,000 metres and all flights operated on schedule, airport sources said.
Though the fog reduced the runway visibility range to around 900 mt, the air traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport remained unaffected and all flights operated on schedule.
Delhi experienced 3.2 mm rainfall overnight, which brought down the temperature and the minumum temperature was recorded at nine degree Celsius.
Air and rail services to Delhi were hit on Saturday as a thick blanket of fog enveloped the city and adjoining areas in the early hours of the morning, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.
There was no movement of flights between 6.15 am and 9.30 am as the Runway Visibility Range dropped to around 100 metres, resulting in implementation of Low Visibility Procedure by the airport officials.
Air services were disrupted for over four hours in Delhi Tuesday morning after a thick blanket of fog enveloped the national capital and surrounding areas.
Delhi woke up to another chilly morning Monday as temperatures remained below 2° C.
Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport came to a standstill for nearly three hours.
The minimum temperature recorded was 4.3° C at 0610 hours, a slight rise from Monday's 1.6° C.
The dense fog reduced Runway Visibility Range in airports to 200 metres
Air services were disrupted for a few hours. Train services continued to be disrupted due to foggy conditions in north India, with as many as six trains cancelled and many delayed by several hours.
Airport sources said the last domestic flight to land was at 2033 IST.
Miscommunication with the ATC is said to have caused the near-miss. DGCA probe underway.
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