'Might Impact Flight Operations': Delhi Airport Issues Advisory Amid Inclement Weather

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 19:45 IST

Delhi witnessed dense rainfall connected Saturday night, resulting successful the diversion of astatine slightest 49 flights. The Delhi Airport issued an advisory for passengers connected Sunday.

Delhi airport. (File photo)

In the aftermath of atrocious upwind conditions successful the nationalist capital, the Delhi Airport connected Sunday evening issued an advisory regarding a imaginable interaction connected formation operations.

The airdrome urged the passengers to question the updated formation accusation from the acrophobic airlines earlier their travel.

“Due to inclement upwind conditions and changing upwind patterns, determination mightiness beryllium an interaction connected formation operations astatine Delhi Airport. Our on-ground teams are diligently moving with each stakeholders to guarantee a seamless and businesslike rider experience. Passengers are requested to interaction the hose acrophobic for updated formation information," the Delhi Airport posted the advisory issued astatine 7 p.m. connected X.

Flight operations astatine the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport were severely deed owed to atrocious weather. Delhi received dense rainfall connected Saturday evening and successful the intervening nighttime connected Sunday, forcing astatine slightest 49 flights betwixt 11:30 PM and 4 AM to beryllium diverted.

Earlier this morning, the Delhi Airport said, “Due to adverse upwind conditions past night, immoderate flights person been impacted. Passengers are advised to cheque their formation presumption regularly and enactment successful interaction with hose unit for updates."

The India Meteorological Department said Delhi’s main upwind presumption recorded upwind speeds of up to 82 kmph and 81.2 mm of rainfall successful conscionable six hours — betwixt 11:30 p.m. connected Saturday and 5:30 americium connected Sunday.

A conception of the membrane shadiness astatine Terminal 1 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed connected Sunday greeting aft dense rainfall deed parts of the nationalist superior and adjacent areas. The structure, which was enactment up aft a deadly incidental past year, collapsed during the downpour. No 1 was injured successful the incident.

Heavy rainfall caused terrible waterlogging successful galore parts of the city. This led to postulation jams and slow-moving vehicles successful respective areas. Footage from Delhi’s Minto Road showed a car astir afloat submerged owed to the flooding.

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