Fog hits Delhi flights; 14 die in UP

New Delhi: Dense fog and bitter cold enveloped the national capital early Friday morning, sending shivers down many an early morning walker and throwing rail and air traffic off gear.

The worst hit were the morning air travelers as runway visibility at the New Delhi airport dropped below normal, delaying most in-bound and out-bound flights.

The runaway visibility dropped to 125 m on Friday morning forcing the authorities to initiate the sophisticated CAT 3 B landing system. The low visibility procedure was initiated at the airport at 0240 hrs (IST) when the runway visibility dipped to about 50 m.

A large number of flights slated to depart for domestic destinations like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Jammu were delayed, airport officials were quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

There were several cancellations too including Air Deccan that cancelled its flight to Jammu.

The train services to the capital were also affected.

Deccan Flight Schedule for Dec 14
Flight Number	From - To	Departure	Arrivals
DN 601	Bangalore Delhi	0830 hours	1000 hours
DN 661	Delhi -Bangalore	0900 hours	1130 hours
DN 785	Delhi - Leh	0900 hours	1020 hours
DN 786	Leh - Delhi	1050 hours	1205 hours
DN 607	Hyderabad - Delhi	0830 hours	1030 hours
DN 608	Delhi - Bhubaneshwar	1100 hours	1300 hours
DN 608	Bhubaneshwar - Hyderabad	1330 hours	1455 hours
DN 659	Delhi - Bombay	0900 hours	1100 hours
DN 660	Bombay - Delhi	1110 hours	1320 hours
DN 505	Delhi - Jabalpur	0900 hours	1005 hours
DN 505	Jabalpur- Bhopa	1110 hours	1205 hours
DN 505	Bhopal - Delhi	1220 hours	1404 hours
DN 513	Delhi - Amritsar	0900 hours	1040 hours
DN 514	Amritsar - Delhi	1055 hours	1220 hours

Jet Airways Flight Schedule for Dec 14

FLIGHT NO	ORIGIN STATION	DESTINATION	SCHEDULED TIME OF DEPARTURE	EXPECTED TIME OF DEPARTURE
9W827 9W701 9W901 9W801 9W821 9W332 9W731 9W336 9W3319 9W308 9W264 9W601	DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL	HYD AMD CCU BLR MAA BOM IDR BOM LKO BOM KTM GAU	0550 0600 0615 0635 0645 0650 0740 0800 0815 0825 0645 1010	1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1100 1100

Killer Cold

Winter has set in firmly and it was a bitterly cold morning in most of North, East and Northwest India.

The upper Himalayas and most of the foothills have been blanketed in snow and icy winds are blowing across the plains.

At least 14 people have already died of the cold in Uttar Pradesh. Heavy snowfall has occurred in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

Though the Srinagar-Jammu highway has reopened for traffic after two days, it's still snowing heavily in many parts of the state.

The met department says minimum temperatures will fall by two to three degrees over the northwest plains and Rajasthan over the next couple of days.

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