Kumari Palany & Co

Flights delayed today morning due to smog

Posted on: 14/Jan/2016 11:49:06 AM
As a thick blanket of smog enveloped the airport, flights were delayed at Chennai airport on Thursday morning after visibility dipped to 250 metres. 
 
Four flights - from Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Riyadh - were kept on hold for more than ten minutes as they could not land.
 
The smog was caused by burning of bhogi bonfires as part of the Pongal festival.