Heavy rains badly affected the movement of aircraft at Indira Gandhi International
airport in New Delhi with a number of flights being delayed by up to two hours and some being diverted.
Due to heavy rains, flights coming from Aurangabad, Lucknow, Goa and Bangalore were delayed by up to two hours, sources at the airport said.
Also, the use of one runway (main runway) led to congestion at the national capital's airspace and some of them were diverted.
During heavy rains, since the visibility drops, so only one runway (28/10) is being used, ATC sources said. This leads to increase in gaps between the landing of two aircraft as compared to other days, thus ensuring congestion in the airspace and delay in flights, they said.
There were also reports of leaks in the new domestic departure terminal, causing inconvenience to the passengers. A few days back, rain water had accumulated at the check-in areas in front of the airlines counters.
Due to continuous rains, some of the x-ray machines had to be shut down in order to prevent damage to them, sources said.
