AAI to review situation at Chennai airport at 9 pm

December 12, 2016 20:23

Airports Authority of India would review the situation at the Chennai airport, from where no flight operation has taken place since this morning, at 9 pm to decide on resumption of services, a senior official said.

NOTAM was issued to the airport authorities this morning after strong cyclonic winds and poor visibility hit Chennai and other parts of the state, throwing life out of

gear.

Rail and flight services have been affected by heavy rain and strong winds that lashed the city and other coastal areas of Tamil Nadu due to cyclone Vardah.

Following this, the operations at the airport was suspended, resulting in diversion of 25 incoming flights, including those from international destinations, to the nearby Hyderabad and Bangalore airports. Besides, nearly 25 outbound flights were delayed.

"As of now, operations at the Chennai airport remain suspended. There is no damage to the runway, But we have shut radars because of the high speed winds. There is some power supply issue at the ATC complex, which the local authorities are trying to restore. But we have all other contingency measures in place," a senior AAI official in Delhi said.

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