6 Flight Delayed!
On Monday, the National Capital witnessed a strong blowing wind in the city. The city had a thunderstorm-like situation yesterday due to which At least six flights were diverted and many more services were delayed due to thunderstorms over the Delhi airport on Monday evening, sources said.
A Vistara plane from Mumbai and two Alliance Air flights -- one from Jaipur and one from Lucknow itself -- were diverted to the Lucknow airport on Monday evening, they said. "Few flights have been diverted for safe landing and others delayed. The regular flight operations will be commenced as strong winds settle down," they added.
IndiGo's two flights -- one from Jabalpur and one from Patna -- were diverted to the Jaipur airport, they said.
Air India's service from Vadodara was also diverted to the Jaipur airport, they mentioned. The arrival and departure of many more services from the Delhi airport were delayed due to thunderstorms, they stated.
Delhi's maximum temperature was recorded at 40.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 22.7 degrees Celsius amid scorching sunshine throughout the day on Monday. The humidity level in the air ranged from 19 to 58 percent.
On Monday, the air of Delhi-NCR was recorded in the poor category. According to the Air Quality Bulletin released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air index of Delhi stood at 244. In NCR, the air index of Faridabad was recorded at 270, Ghaziabad 209, Greater Noida 216, Gurugram 234, and Noida 229. The level of PM 2.5 in Delhi was recorded at 96 while the level of PM 10 was recorded at 255 micrograms per cubic meter.
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