Up to 49 flights, including 17 international, were derived here at the country’s largest IGI Airport due to heavy rain and thunderstorms that maintained the national capital overnight. The Indian meteorological department said that the primary weather station of the city recorded winds to 82 km / h and 81.2 mm of rain in six hours – between Saturday 23:30 and 05:30 Sunday. According to a source, 49 flights, including 17 international flights, were withdrawn between 23:30 and Sunday due to bad weather. In a post on X at 3:59 pm, Indigo said unfavorable weather conditions in Delhi led to temporary disruption in flight operations. “While the weather is gradually relieving, some accumulation of the air remains. We can assure you that flight movements are gradually resumed as conditions allow,” the airline said. At 5:54 pm it said in an X -mail that flight operations are back to normal with clearer air over Delhi. Flight tracking website FighTradar24.com showed that about 180 flights were delayed and some were canceled at the airport. (This is a developing story, more updates coming …) (with input from PTI)
Delhi Rains: 49 flights derived, 180 delayed due to bad weather conditions, T1 canopy at Igia collapsed – Top updates | Today news
