Mumbai Weather: Flight Operations 'Suspended' At International Airport Spicejet, Indigo Issue Advisory
Date
5/13/2024 8:24:20 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "RainsFlight operations have been reportedly been suspended for 30 minutes at the Mumbai international airport. \"Take off and landing operations suspended for 30 minutes at Mumbai International Airport,\" NDTV cited sources saying on Monday. The suspension came in the wake of heavy rainfall and dust storms in the financial capital.'Check your flight status': Advisory issuedIndigo, a low-cost airline, also warned on X that \"potential air traffic congestion is expected\" amid dust storm in Mumbai. The airline asked flyers to to \"keep a tab on their flight status\".“The dust storm has returned, this time over Mumbai. Potential air traffic congestion is expected, so keep a tab on your flight status Plan your journey to the airport accordingly and have a safe trip,” Indigo tweeted, SpiceJet posted on X, \"Due to bad weather in Mumbai (BOM), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected. Passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status via \"Mumbai rains: Check IMD's weather update hereMumbai, Thane and other adjoining areas received rainfall, accompanied with dust storm, lightning, gusty winds and thundering, on Monday afternoon, bringing a major relief from the scorching heat its local forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs for the next 24 hours, the regional meteorological center said in a post on X in Marathi, \"Unsettled cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundershower in evening/night. Maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 35°C and 28°C respectively.\"Earlier in the day, Mumbai's weather department predicted thunderstorms, hail and gusty winds (50-60 kph) and heavy rain in some districts of Maharashtra on Monday India Meteorological Department (IMD) said isolated hailstorm activity is very likely to occur over Madhya Pradesh on May 13 and 14 and in parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada on May 13.“Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Madhya Maharashtra on 13th May, 2024,” the weather department said.A press release by the IMD also informed on Monday that \"hailstorm activity [was] observed [during past 24 hours till 8:30 an on Monday] at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada, Telangana and Madhya Maharashtra.\"IMD alerts todayThe Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) issued yellow alert for Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Solapur, Latur, Beed, Nagpur, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. These regions are very likely to receive thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and winds at isolated places, an orange alert has been issued for Pune, Satara, Sangli, Nashik, Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Jalna and Parbhani districts.
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