New Delhi:
Dense fog descended on the national capital this morning almost blinding commuters on streets as the temperature dipped to the season's lowest.
Vehicles had their fog lights on as visibility dropped to near zero levels.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.9 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal and down from yesterday's 6.2 degrees. The city has been witnessing comparatively warmer days in the past couple of days.
At the airport, around 20 flights were delayed while two cancelled as the fog enveloped the airport suddenly around 7 am,, airport sources said adding the operations were suspended for over an hour
Flight operations at the IGI airport remained suspended for over an hour because of the fog.
Operations were normal despite a shallow fog in the morning and the runway visibility was above 200 metres but suddenly around 7 AM dense fog descended at the airport and runway visibility dropped to zero at one end of the runway 29/11 (the third runway), while it was below 50 metres on the other end. Around 20 flights were delayed while two were cancelled.
The general visibility on the main runway (28/11 which is the most preferred runway by the airlines during the foggy days) was 50 metres while the runway visibility was 75 metres.
The runway visibility being far less than the required minimum limit of 125 metres (for smaller aircraft) and 150 metres (for bigger aircraft), no flights were taking off, an airline official said, forcing the airlines to hold back the departure of flights.
Situation started to improve after 8.30 am when visibility rose to 300 metres.
Vehicles had their fog lights on as visibility dropped to near zero levels.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.9 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal and down from yesterday's 6.2 degrees. The city has been witnessing comparatively warmer days in the past couple of days.
At the airport, around 20 flights were delayed while two cancelled as the fog enveloped the airport suddenly around 7 am,, airport sources said adding the operations were suspended for over an hour
Flight operations at the IGI airport remained suspended for over an hour because of the fog.
Operations were normal despite a shallow fog in the morning and the runway visibility was above 200 metres but suddenly around 7 AM dense fog descended at the airport and runway visibility dropped to zero at one end of the runway 29/11 (the third runway), while it was below 50 metres on the other end. Around 20 flights were delayed while two were cancelled.
The general visibility on the main runway (28/11 which is the most preferred runway by the airlines during the foggy days) was 50 metres while the runway visibility was 75 metres.
The runway visibility being far less than the required minimum limit of 125 metres (for smaller aircraft) and 150 metres (for bigger aircraft), no flights were taking off, an airline official said, forcing the airlines to hold back the departure of flights.
Situation started to improve after 8.30 am when visibility rose to 300 metres.
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