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Poor visibility, rains force diversion of flights

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Poor visibility and rains affected movement of flights at the airport here today, with two being diverted to Bengaluru.

Airport officials said a Sri Lankan Airways flight from Colombo and a Qatar Airways flight from Dubai, carrying 67 and 294 passengers respectively, were diverted to Bengaluru following poor visibility here.

The flights later landed here after visibility imporved.

An Indigo Airlines flight that left for Coimbatore in the morning returned due to heavy rain there.

It later left for its destination after a three-hour delay, the officials added.

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First Published: Nov 02 2015 | 5:57 PM IST

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