Chennai: Heavy wind coupled with a sudden shower forced airport authorities to divert two Chennai-bound flights to Tirupati and Trichy airports on Thursday. Arrivals and departures of a few other flights were also delayed.
Flight Diversions
Indigo’s ATR flight from Salem with about 70 passengers, which departed at 3:34 pm, was diverted to Tirupati as the flight could not land in Chennai due to storm-like wind. The flight made a safe landing in Tirupati around 5:30 pm.
Similarly, another Indigo flight from Kolkata that departed at 3:20 pm had to take off after nearing touchdown at Chennai airport around 5:15 pm, and was later diverted to Trichy. The flight landed in Trichy at 5:45 pm.
Delayed Flights
A few other flights from Indore, Lucknow, and Hyderabad were made to hover around in the sky and had a delayed landing at Chennai due to congestion of arrival flights. Similarly, flights from Chennai to destinations such as Ranchi, Mysore, Goa, and Kolkata were delayed up to two hours.
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