Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours at the Goa Airport today after 16 flights were diverted due to low-hanging clouds this afternoon, a senior official said.
Director of the airport B C H Negi said that 16 flights scheduled to land at the airport were diverted to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and other airports after low clouds formed over the landing area.
Flight operations were stopped between 2 PM to 6 PM, Negi said.
The number of cancelled flights was yet to be ascertained, the airport director said