Around four flights have been diverted while around 10 flights have also been delayed this morning due to poor visibility amid fog conditions at the Chennai airport in Tamil Nadu. Four flights have been diverted to Hyderabad, while another was diverted to Tiruchirappalli.
Dense fog for 2nd Consecutive Day, 10 flights delayed, 4 diverted
The city has been receiving northeast monsoon showers and due to this, the climate has been pleasant. According to the weather department, the monsoon period will continue until January 4.
According to the authorities, Air Australia flight B738 from Re-Union island (Saint-Denis) to Chennai was diverted to Trichy. Earlier during December 2015, the same airline was operated via Trichy due to the Chennai floods.
Meanwhile, the Indigo airlines apologised to its customers through Twitter and said: “delays due to certain reasons like bad weather are beyond our control.”
SpiceJet also took to Twitter to update its flyers. It said, “Due to bad weather at Chennai (MAA) all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. Passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status…”
On Friday, several domestic and international flights were delayed at the busy Chennai airport due to poor visibility caused by unexpected dense fog.
