Over 600 flights affected due to worst fog in 8 years

A SpiceJet flight from Goa to Delhi, with 132 passengers and four crew on board, had to make an emergency landing at around 9.50 PM as it ran short on fuel.  “Due to runway visibility range falling below 50 meters there were no flight operations on third runway (11/29) between 2100 hours to 0400 hours while on main runway (10/28) CAT IIIB conditions prevailed from 2030 hours to 0400 hours,” DIAL said.

“We were left with no option but to cancel the flights, as there were huge number of flights got delayed due to diversions after they were unable to land at Delhi in poor visibility,” the airline official said.

Lounges at the airport were packed with passengers who complained that they were not given information about the flight status.

Long queues were seen at airline counters for collection of refunds for cancelled flights or to get a seat on any early flight.

Around 15 flights coming to Delhi were diverted to Amritsar.

People could be seen moving from one counter to another in search of information or tickets.

“I had to wait for about three hours before the airline decided to cancel my flight to Mumbai. Now I am waiting in the queue to get a refund,” said Anil Kumar.