Major incident averted after IAF plane hits pole at Jaipur airport

A significant incident was averted on the Jaipur airport after an Indian Air Power (IAF) hit a pole whereas it was being parked close to runway quantity 39.

Part of the airplane hit the pillar, nonetheless, it didn’t endure any main injury.

In one other improvement, no less than 20 Delhi-bound flights have been diverted to Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Amritsar attributable to low visibility on Saturday, an airport official mentioned.

In line with officers on the metropolis’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide (IGI) airport the 20 flights have been diverted between 7.30 a.m. and 10.30 am.

“A complete of 13 flights have been diverted to Jaipur, one to Lucknow, one to Ahmedabad, 4 to Amritsar and one to Chandigarh,” mentioned the officers.

“Flight UK954 from Mumbai to Delhi (BOM-DEL) has been diverted to Jaipur (JAI) attributable to dangerous climate at Delhi airport and has arrived in Jaipur (JAI) at 0842 hours,” Vistara airline mentioned on X.

“Flight UK832 from Chennai to Delhi (MAA-DEL) has been diverted to Amritsar (ATQ) attributable to low visibility at Delhi (DEL) airport and is anticipated to reach in Amritsar at 1100 hrs.”

The airways additional mentioned on X: “Flight UK928 from Mumbai to Delhi (BOM-DEL) has been diverted to Jaipur (JAI) attributable to low visibility at Delhi airport.”

Shallow fog enveloped the nationwide capital within the morning with the minimal temperature dipping to 12.3 levels Celsius, three notches beneath the conventional.

As per the climate division, the utmost temperature is more likely to hover round 25 levels whereas there can be shallow fog.

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