Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Two planes flying to Kathmandu from New Delhi were diverted to Lucknow airport following poor visibility on account of inclement weather at the airport in Nepal's capital on Sunday. When the weather condition at Kathmandu airport improved, these two planes were allowed to take off from Lucknow after stranded for an hour or so.
After taking off from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI), the two flights were diverted to Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International airport. Due to sudden change in weather condition at Kathmandu airport, the two flight services were diverted to Lucknow airport.
Lucknow airport spokesman said, "On Sunday, suddenly weather turned inclement at Kathmandu airport. Poor visibility stopped landing of aircrafts at Kathmandu airport. Vistara Airlines flight number UK 155 flying to Kathmandu from New Delhi on Sunday evening was diverted to Lucknow airport. Vistara flight was diverted to Lucknow airport on 5:30 pm. After a gap of half an hour, IndiGo flight number 6E 33 from New Delhi to Kathmandu also made landing at Lucknow airport on 6 pm. When the visibility at Kathmandu airport improved, then these planes were allowed to take off from the Lucknow airport."
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On last Wednesday, four flights from different cities flying to New Delhi airport made landings at Lucknow airport. Foggy weather condition leading to visibility reducing to bare minimum at New Delhi airport, forced them to making emergency landings at Lucknow airport. The weather in New Delhi became bad at 10am on last Wednesday. Due to dicey weather condition, flights to New Delhi from various parts of the country are diverted as precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incident.
