Air operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi were disrupted on Tuesday due to dense fog, affecting the schedules of over 35 domestic and international flights. "After a clear day on Monday, IGI airport was blanketed with dense fog leading to cancellations of 11 flights. Twenty-four inbound and outbound flights were rescheduled and two were diverted as the runway visibility dropped to 150 metres late last night," an airport official said.
The runway visibility started to drop late Thursday night when fog started to descend on the airport. The general visibility dipped to zero while the runway visibility hovered between 50 to 100 metres, forcing the airport authorities to implement low visibility procedures for flights to operate using CAT-III B instrument landing system (ILS).
There were inordinate delays during baggage check which led to long queues and flight delays.
"Fog become dense around 6 am and visibility dropped to below 100 metres on the new runway around 8 am, leading to delay in departure of around 15 flights," airport sources said.
Air India said that none of the 153 passengers and six crew were injured during evacuation.
India's champion athletes returned to a rousing reception when they landed home on Tuesday after their spectacular showing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Dense fog disrupted normal operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi this morning with about 17 flights being delayed and another three cancelled.
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Security at the airports across the country has been tightened following a terrorist attack on Pakistan's largest airport in Karachi in which at least 28 people, including 10 terrorists, were killed.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Saturday slapped the charges of Foreign Exchange Management Act and Customs Act violation against Pakistani Sufi Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof in connection with recovery of huge undeclared foreign currency from them at the New Delhi airport.
The victorious Indian hockey team came home to a rousing welcome on arrival at the Delhi airport, in the wee hours of Tuesday, after clinching the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China.
The first batch of 900 pilgrims on Thursday left for Jeddah in three flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi to attend the annual Haj pilgrimage.
Around 15 flights were delayed and two cancelled and as many international flights diverted to Mumbai. A Jet Airways flight to Amritsar (9W3707) and its another flight for Lucknow (9W3319) were cancelled due to the heavy fog, while early morning flights to Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bhopal were delayed by up to three hours, airport officials said.
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An Indian who used the services of Mumbai-based immigration offices of terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Rana has been deported by US authorities to India after his documents were allegedly found to be false. The person (name withheld) hailing from Gujarat arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi early on Thursday morning, airport sources said.
A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight with nearly 100 passengers, including former army chief General V K Singh on board, was forced to return to Delhi airport following a fire alarm on Saturday morning.
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After a day's respite, a thick blanket of fog again engulfed the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on Saturday morning causing inconvenience to passengers as 31 domestic and international flights were delayed, 19 were cancelled and three diverted to Mumbai.
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The Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday got the longest runway in the country which is expected to end congestion for the capital's domestic and international flights.
The Civil aviation ministry in a meeting chaired by Joint Secretary K N Srivastava, had decided on Wednesday to make the new runway (29-11) commercially operational from 6 on Thursday morning. The runway, 4,430-metres long and 75-metres wide, can handle wide-bodied aircraft like Airbus 380 or Antonov 226 and will also ensure that there is less air congestion.
A third batch of 67 Indians arrived in Mumbai from Libya early on Monday morning. So far, over 550 Indians have returned from strife-torn Libya on special Air India flights, but thousands continue to remain stranded.
Returning home after winning the Commonwealth Games silver, the Indian men's hockey team received to a rousing welcome by Hockey India (HI), Indian Olympic Association (IOA), fans and friends at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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The GoAir flight took off from the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi at around 4 pm but the pilot detected problems in the plane's under carriage and so had to return it to the Delhi airport, airport sources said.
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A 35-year-old man was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi for allegedly attempting to smuggle Indian currency worth Rs 17.50 lakh to Dhaka by air, a senior customs official said on Monday.
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The airport would comprise two runways and handle 70 million passengers and 3 million tonnes cargo annually when fully developed.
A crack commando team of the elite force has been stationed and is ready to undertake operations from the complex spread over five acres of land located on the periphery of the Indira Gandhi International Airport on National Highway-8.
People across north India continue to face the wrath of the dipping mercury as the cold wave further intensified in several parts.
Delhiites shivered on Monday morning as the mercury plummeted to the season's lowest even as dense fog affected air traffic.
