Due to heavy rain in Ahmedabad, more than 30 flight schedules were disrupted for more than 1 hour while 3 were diverted and four flights were cancelled.
According to the information received, there was a problem in the take-off and landing of 16 flights from 10 am to 12 noon due to reduced visibility. Some flights had to circle in the air for 10 to 12 minutes.
IndiGo’s Dehradun-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Ahmedabad to Indore and Jaipur-Ahmedabad to Vadodara were diverted as landing was not possible.On the other hand, Indigo’s Ahmedabad-Pune, Pune-Ahmedabad, Lucknow-Ahmedabad and Ahmedabad-Lucknow flights were cancelled. As the Ahmedabad-Kochi flight left at 2:20 PM instead of 10:50 AM, it was delayed by 3.30 hours.
A total 8 flights were delayed for more than two hours and the passengers suffered a lot.