Hyderabad, December 29: The thick fog at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, in the city hit the flight operations throwing air traffic out of gear and forcing airlines to reschedule their flights on Tuesday.
The forced rescheduling of the flights led to inconveniencing both domestic and international passengers.
According to sources, the flights bound to Hyderabad from Bangalore were running behind schedule, some being delayed by about 40 minutes.
The flights coming from Tirupati to Hyderabad were running one hour late. Both incoming and departing flights were delayed because of unusual fog conditions.
The meteorological department attributed the thick fog to a “rare phenomenon” in Hyderabad.
It, however, said the airport was able to substantially minimise the delays thanks to the enhanced technical facilities available with the Air Traffic Control (ATC).
INN