Date:08/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/08/stories/2009010859891400.htm

National

Fog disrupts flights

Staff Reporter

KOLKATA: Dense fog disrupted flight and train services in the city on Wednesday morning, with many flights and trains running time.

As visibility on the runway at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport dropped to zero metres in the morning, 26 domestic and international flights got delayed. The first flight took off at 9.05 a.m. after improvement in the visibility, airport sources said.

Flights bound for Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Agartala were delayed. An Air India flight carrying 435 Haj pilgrims from Medina was diverted to Nagpur and could land at the airport only at 11.30 a.m. instead of the scheduled time of 4.20 a.m.

Four trains of the Eastern Railway section being rescheduled. The trains were the Howrah-Patna Janshatabdi Express, the Howrah-Mumbai Mail, the Howrah-Dehradun Express and the Howrah-Jodhpur Express. Most suburban services ran behind schedule and caused inconvenience .