Dense fog forces diversion of nearly 60 flights at Delhi airport in three days
New Delhi (PTI): Flight operations continued to be impacted by dense fog at the Delhi airport for the third day on Thursday, with nearly 60 flights getting diverted and scores getting delayed during this period.
Airport sources said a total of 58 flights, the majority of them operated by domestic carriers, were diverted due to bad weather between 0000 hours of December 25 to 0600 hours of December 28.
Most of the flights had to be diverted, as the pilots were not trained to operate flights in low visibility conditions, the sources claimed.
As many as 13 flights of IndiGo were diverted while 10 flights each of Air India and SpiceJet were diverted during the period.
Among others, 5 flights of Vistara, 3 flights of Akasa Air and 2 flights of Alliance Air were diverted at the Delhi airport.
The flights were diverted to Jaipur, Lucknow and Indore, among other airports.
On Wednesday, Delhi airport issued a fog alert on social media platform X.
"While landing and takeoffs continue at Delhi Airport, flights that are not CAT III compliant may get affected.
"Passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted," it had said.
Kind attention to all flyers!#Fog #FogAlert #DelhiAirport pic.twitter.com/xR9RSv7IXW
— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) December 27, 2023
Similar alerts were issued on Tuesday also.
CAT III pertains to flight operations in low visibility conditions.
The Delhi airport is the country's largest airport and handles more than 1,300 flights daily.
In the past few days, the national capital has been witnessing dense fog, especially in the early morning hours.
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RSS has global network of over 2,500 groups for money laundering: Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge has alleged involvement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in a money transfer network at global level.
Posting his allegation on his personal ‘X’ account on Saturday morning, Kharge said that he was referring to an issue that had not been dealt with decisively by Indian media houses.
“Here is a crucial story that the Indian media will never touch,” the minister has said, and clarified, “This so-called “body of individuals” has built a global network of over 2,500 affiliated organisations. Through these fronts, the RSS collects “guru dakshina” to fuel its divisive agenda. (sic)”
Kharge has further alleged, “The world’s largest NGO is running amok, laundering money and evading accountability.”
The minister added, “Here is a map of their organisational architecture of their “Vichar Parivaar.” https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in / @thecaravanindia”
