The sudden shortage of crew members led to flights being grounded, affecting both domestic and international routes. Air India Express issued a statement addressing the situation and apologizing to affected passengers.
A bitter cold brought on by a sharp dip in the minimum temperature across the North Indian belt compounded the woes of commuters already affected by poor visibility. The fog-accompanied bone-chilling cold also affected and disrupted daily life across states.
The dense fog continues to disrupt railway services and flight operations in several regions in North India. While more than two dozen trains coming to Delhi are late, as many as 30 flights departing from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were delayed.
Visibility was extremely low from 6 am onwards at the airport in Dabolim, around 30km from here, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Airport authorities said two international flights were diverted to other cities.
New Delhi: Dense fog once again returned to affect the operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport where over a dozen flights were delayed on Tuesday morning.Three flights -- one freighter aircraft, a Jet
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