Fog disrupts schedule at Delhi airport, over 50 flights hit

February 24, 2014 10:03

Operations at the IGI Airport virtually came to a standstill today after visibility dropped due to dense fog, disrupting the schedule of over 50 domestic and international flights

A Jet Airways flight from Dammam to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur due to poor visibility at 7.55 am.

Fog started to descend on the airport early on Monday and became dense after 5.30 am. The runway visibility on all the three runways of the airport dropped to less than 100 metres, due to which no flight could take off, airport officials said.

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