Several flights diverted to Bengaluru due to heavy downpour in Chennai

Chennai

Passengers at the Chennai airport were severely affected bythe sudden downpour at midnight. The Dubai and Doha flights returned to Bengaluruas they were unable to land at the Chennai airport at midnight.

In addition, 9 international flights scheduled to departfrom Chennai were delayed and passengers suffered severely. Chennai and suburbswitnessed heavy rains with thunder and lightning from midnight to early morningon Wednesday.

A Qatar Airlines flight carrying 147 passengers from Doha,which arrived in Chennai at 2.20 am today, was diverted to Bengaluru as itcould not land in Chennai. Similarly, an Emirates Airlines flight with 133passengers from Dubai, which was about to arrive in Chennai at 2.40 am,returned to Bengaluru

Also, the Indigo Airlines flight from Dubai to Chennai at3.10 am and the Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Colombo at 3.25 am were hoveringin the air for a long time without landing in Chennai. Nine other internationalflights scheduled to depart from Chennai, including Singapore, Dubai, Sharjah,Doha, Kuwait, Hong Kong and Colombo, were delayed by more than 3 hours.

After the rain stopped at 4 am in the morning, the flightsto Bengaluru returned to Chennai.