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Five incoming flights were diverted early Friday morning, after operations at Dabolim International Airport were affected by thick fog and low visibility.
According to Airport Director B C H Negi, two international and three domestic flights had to be diverted and some flights landed and departed after visibility improved at around 9 am.
“Visibility was extremely low from 6 am onwards, when morning flights were to arrive. The Indigo flight 6E 128 from Chennai to Goa was diverted to Bangalore, the Royal flight ABG 8631 from UNNT (Russia) was diverted to Bangalore, the GoAir flight G8 575 from Mumbai returned to Mumbai and TUI Air TOM152 from Manchester to Goa was diverted to Mumbai,” said Negi.
“The Spice Jet flight 2891 Chennai-Goa-Surat was diverted to Bangalore after holding more than an hour. Once visibility improved to around 1,500 mtrs, seven flights landed and five flights departed, while the diverted flights later arrived at Dabolim airport,” said Negi.
