Dense fog hits flight operations at Chennai airport

Poor visibility due to heavy fog affected flight operations today at the airport here for about three hours, officials said.

Written by PTI

Chennai

January 26, 2018 11:12 IST

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Operations were affected between 5.45 a.m and 8.45 a.m, airport officials said. (PTI)

Poor visibility due to heavy fog affected flight operations today at the airport here for about three hours, officials said. Operations were affected between 5.45 a.m and 8.45 a.m, airport officials said. As many as eight arriving flights, both domestic and international, were diverted to Bengaluru and Hyderabad, officials said. Further, 14 departing flights to destinations including Mumbai and Port Blair suffered delays, officials said. By around 8.45 AM, flight operations resumed, they added.

(More details are awaited.)

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