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Eight-hour ordeal for fliers as erratic Delhi weather delays more flights

Hindustan Times | By, Mumbai
May 30, 2016 04:05 PM IST

Around 550 air travellers comprising elderly, women and children who left in two Indigo flights from Pune and Mumbai on Sunday evening reached New Delhi only on Monday morning due to the flight disruption caused by erratic weather in the capital.

Around 550 air travellers comprising the elderly, women and children who left in two IndiGo flights from Pune and Mumbai on Sunday evening reached New Delhi at least eight hours later due to the flight disruption caused by erratic weather in the capital.

Around 550 air travellers comprising the elderly, women and children who left in two Indigo flights from Pune and Mumbai on Sunday evening reached New Delhi at least eight hours later due to the flight disruption caused by erratic weather in the capital. (Photo by Vidya Subramanian/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)
Around 550 air travellers comprising the elderly, women and children who left in two Indigo flights from Pune and Mumbai on Sunday evening reached New Delhi at least eight hours later due to the flight disruption caused by erratic weather in the capital. (Photo by Vidya Subramanian/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

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Fliers on flight 6E138 from Mumbai had to wait nearly eight hours to reach New Delhi. The flight which left Mumbai at 6:40 pm on Sunday, was diverted to Jaipur and finally reached its destination at 2:26 am on Monday.

Read: 40 flights including PM’s aircraft diverted due to bad weather in Delhi

A statement from IndiGo confirming the disruptions said , “We understand the inconvenience of our passengers. In such situations, our operations control centre evaluates multiple options keeping in mind various parameters such as anticipated weather, air traffic congestion, flight duty time limitations of operating crew, availability of supporting airport infrastructure, passenger convenience and most importantly safety of the overall operations.’

Around 40 flights bound to Delhi including PM Narendra Modi’s flight were diverted to other airports owing to poor weather in the capital. Dust storm and thunderstorm accompanied with rains lashed the city till Monday morning.

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