Due to Cyclone ‘Dana’, flight operations at Kolkata airport have been suspended for 15 hours from Thursday afternoon. A senior official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has provided this information. According to Bhasha News, although flight operations at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport were to be suspended from 6 pm on Thursday, there was a slight delay. Airport director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said Indigo’s Amritsar-Kolkata flight was the last flight to land here on Thursday night and landed at 6:11 pm.
A total of 309 flights will be affected
According to the news, Beuria said that the last flight to leave was Indigo’s Kolkata-Guwahati flight, which took off at 7 pm. An AAI official said there was a slight delay in suspending flight operations due to the bomb threat at the airport. However, this threat later turned out to be false, he claimed. A total of 309 flights will be affected during the suspension of air operations at the airport. Air operations at the airport will resume on Friday at 9:00 a.m. Meanwhile, the airport director said that after the departure of the last flight from Kolkata airport, all entry and exit doors of the terminal building were sealed.
Possibility of strong winds and heavy or very heavy rain.
Airlines coordinated with airport officials. Sources said standard procedures were also followed to keep planes safe from the cyclone. Taking into account the possible impact of the cyclone on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, and in view of the possibility of strong winds and heavy to very heavy rain, it has been decided to suspend flight operations from 6 pm on October 24 to October 9. It’s October 25th.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the cyclone will hit the coast between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port in neighboring Odisha on Friday morning. During this period, the storm’s maximum speed will likely be 120 kilometers per hour.
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