Delhi fogged out for third consecutive day

New Delhi: There is no respite for Delhiites from the worst spell of fog in the last seven years.

The capital was covered in a thick fog for the third consecutive day, crippling flight and train schedules.

The runway visibility at Delhi Airport was between 80 and 112 metres, making it impossible for flights to take off in the morning. By noon, fog started to clear out.

Forty-seven flights were hit today. While 13 departing domestic flights were delayed, three departing domestic flights were cancelled.

Fourteen arriving and 11 departing international flights were also delayed. Here is a list of flights that were delayed:

Domestic arrivals delayed

9W724 Khajuraho

Domestic departures delayed

S26171 Aurangabad
IT4315 Jaipur
S2101 Mumbai
S2137 Lucknow
SG211 Coimbatore
SG101 Cochin
S2319 Port Blair
S26143 Bhubaneshwar
IT4375 Jabalpur
IT3651 Lucknow
IT4357 Kullu
G8606 Bagdogra
SG217 Pune
SG851 Srinagar
S2231 Bangalore
9W2228 Bhopal
IT3152 Pune
9W2631 Amritsar
9W2279 Kolkata
IT231 Khajuraho
9W302 Mumbai
SG208 Kolkata

International arrivals delayed

9W17 Singapore Changi Airport 
EK512 Dubai
LH762 Munich
EY218 Abu Dhabi 
TK1070 Istanbul 
IC886 Muscat Oman 
QR232 Doha International 
9W553 Doha International 
AI310 Mumbai
Z520 Dubai
BA257 London/Heathrow
9W581 Abu Dhabi 
AI349 Shanghai 

International departures delayed

IX143 Doha International
AI310 Hong Kong
Z520 Dhaka
QR233 Doha International
BA142 London/Heathrow
AI349 Mumbai
LH763 Munich
TK1071 Istanbul
EK513 Dubai
IC413 Kathmandu
EY211 Abu Dhabi
BA256 London/Heathrow 
 
Train services have also taken a hit. As many as 34 trains are running late because of fog and 3 trains have been cancelled leaving many passengers stranded in the capital's three major railway stations at New Delhi, Old Delhi and Nizamuddin station.

Seven trains rescheduled

2502 S.kranti New Delhi Gauhati
4095 Himalayan queen exp. H Nizamuddin Kalka
2002 A Shatabdi Spl. Exp. New Delhi Bhopal
2876 Neelanchal exp. New Delhi Puri
2310 Rajdhani exp. New Delhi Rajender Nagar
2820 Samprak Kranti new Delhi Bhubaneshwar
2506 N.E. exp. New Delhi Gauhati
 
34 trains running behind schedule, more than 3 hrs.

Trains that have been cancelled
  
5011 /5012 Lucknow - SRE Exp. Lucknow-Saharanpur-Lucknow
5707-5708 Katihir - Amritsar Exp. Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar
2397-2398 Mahabodhi Exp Gaya-New Delhi-Gaya
4854/64/66-4854/64/66 Marudhar Exp. Jodhpur-Varanasi-Jodhpur
4307/ 4308 Prayag - Bareilly Exp. Prayag-Bareilly-Prayag
1110 Intercity Exp. Lucknow Jhansi
4511/ 4512 Nauchandi exp. Ald-Saharanpur-Ald
4218 Unchahar Exp. Chandigarh Allahabad
9771 /81  Jaipur - Amritsar Exp. Jaipur Amritsar
9772 /82 Amritsar - Jaipur exp. Amritsar Jaipur
4650 /74 Saryu / Shaheed Exp. Amrtisar Jay Nagar (partially cancelled between Amritsar -Ambala ) 
6098 Amritsar - Hwh-Amritsar Exp. Amritsar Howrah (partially cancelled between Amritsar - Mughalsarai)  
4217/ 18 Unchahar  exp. Allahabad Chandigarh  
1109-10 Jhansi-Lucknow Exp. Jhansi Lucknow (partially cancelled between Kanpur-Lucknow   
1jp/4jp Jaunpur-Prayag pass. Jaunpur-prayag jaunpur-prayag  
4323/ 4324 Ndls Rohtak Exp New Delhi Rohtak  
307/ 308 passenger Moradabad Delhi  
341/ 342  passenger Delhi.jn. Ferozepur  
345/ 346 passenger Jind Ferozepur
9rd/ 10rd passenger Delhi Rewari  
309/ 310 passenger H.Nizamuddin Ambala    
1/ 2mf passenger Mughalsarai Faizabad  
2004 Lucknow - Shatabdi exp. New Delhi Lucknow
4043/ 4044 Garwal exp. Kotdwar-Delhi-Kotdwar  
4005/ 4006 Lichchvi Exp Sitamarhi-New Delhi-Sitamarhi
5708 Amritsar Katihar exp. Delhi jn. Katihar  
2497 Shanepunjab H.Nizamuddin Amritsar/ H.Nizamuddin 
4218 Unchahar exp. Delhi jn. Allahabad  
2225 Kaifyat exp. Azamgarh Delhi jn.  
2559 Shivganga  Varanasi New Delhi  
2309 Rajdhani Exp. Rajender Ngr New Delhi  
2387 Jansadharan Exp. Rajender Ngr New Delhi  
2393 Sampooran Kranti Rajender Ngr New Delhi

The fog started to descend at the airport around 1.30 am, reducing the general visibility to zero. The runway visibility was above 600 metres. The fog began to thicken in the wee hours and the runway visibility dropped to 75 metres.

Yesterday, Delhi airport witnessed chaos as over 200 flights were delayed, 25 cancelled and 28 diverted. A number of morning flights were delayed by over three to four hours while a few operated using the CAT-III B instrument landing system.

The Met department has forecast that the foggy conditions would continue for the next the two days due to high moisture content in the air. "The weather may change from January 24, when the western disturbance could become active," Director-in-charge of the Airport Met Department said.