Dense fog eclipses Delhi Airport: These pics will blow your mind
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Dense fog doom
Low visibility conditions due to thick fog in Delhi has been interrupting flight operations for the last few days. On Monday, 8 flights were diverted and over 100 were delayed due to visibility issues.
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Fourth runway
Delhi Airport has been asked to immediately expedite the operationalization of its CAT III-enabled fourth runway to the satisfaction of the civil aviation regulator DGCA for final approval, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday. The airport in the national capital already has a CAT III-enabled runway. A CAT III landing is a precision approach that allows aircraft to land safely in low-visibility conditions.
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Unprecedented conditions
Delhi witnessed unprecedented fog wherein visibility fluctuated for several hours, and at times, dropped to zero between 5 AM to 9 AM on Sunday. On Monday too, the national capital woke to a thick fog.
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600 flights delayed
Taking to social media platform X, Union Minister Scindia said that the Delhi Airport authorities were compelled to enforce a shut-down of operations for some time even on CAT III runways (CAT III runways cannot handle Zero-Visibility operations), keeping passengers' safety in mind. In the past 48 hours, around 600 flights, both domestic and international combined, were delayed due to the severe weather conditions.
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SOP coming soon
To mitigate the situation in the near future, the DGCA will issue an SOP for airlines on better communication and facilitation of passengers to minimise discomfort in view of flight cancellations and delays due to adverse weather.