New Delhi: Air India on Monday said its Mumbai-Newark and Delhi-New York flights have been "indefinitely delayed" due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States. An Air India spokesperson said AI 191 Mumbai-Newark and AI 101 Delhi-New York have been indefinitely delayed due to the hurricane.
Passengers have been informed and transit passengers have been provided hotel accommodation in Delhi, the spokesperson said. Expected to landfall tonight with a gusty wind and heavy rainfall, the hurricane is likely to create havoc in major parts of the United States in its East Coast from North Carolina to New England as far west as the Great Lakes.
US President Barack Obama has declared emergency in a number of states including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, District of Columbia and Massachusetts. Thousands of emergency staff have been put in alert; government offices and schools have been closed for Monday and Tuesday and hundreds and thousands of people from the low lying areas have been asked to evacuate, as the hurricane is expected to bring potentially life-threatening storm surges on the coast ranging from several feet to potentially as high as 11-feet in the coastal areas.
The metro systems of several cities including that of Washington DC, the national capital, Philadelphia and New York, which has the world's largest rapid transit system, have been closed. The United Nations headquarters in New York too have been shut down for two days....
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail as well as air traffic with 30 trains running late and more than 60 flights delayed. The Patna-Delhi Rajdhani was among the trains delayed, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said Purshottam Express, Vaishali Express and Jansadharan Express were among the mail and express trains running late. On Thursday, 54 trains, including Rajdhani were rescheduled due to fog....
10:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi woke up to a thick fog hanging over the city on Wednesday. Dense fog disrupted flight operations at the IGI Airport on Wednesday morning with 30 flights delayed and three cancelled. Two other flights were diverted. The fog started to descend at the airport in the wee hours due to which the runway visibility dipped below 100 metre and the general visibility to less than 50 metre,...
08:19 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Flight operations came to a standstill in New Delhi early morning on Friday as a thick fog enveloped the national capital. More than 40 domestic and international flights have been delayed, while nine arriving and departing flights were cancelled. Trains haven't been spared either. Nearly 16 are reportedly running late, and over 22 have been cancelled. The situation is expected to improve as the day progresses. The visibility...
09:49 AM, Dec 30, 2011
Chennai: The Southern Railway has temporarily cancelled about 10 trains passing through Arakkonam-Katpadi section following last night's train mishap at Sitheri near Arakkonam. According to a statement by Southern Railway on Wednesday, the cancelled trains were Chennai Central-Bangalore Mail, Chennai Central-Erode Yercaud express, Chennai Central-Coimbatore Kovai Express, Coimbatore-Chennai Central Kovai Express, Chennai Central-Bangalore Brindavan Express. Bangalore-Chennai Central Brindavan Express, Chennai Central-Coimbatore Duronto Express, Coimbatore-Chennai Central Duronto Express, Erode-Chennai Central Yercaud...
12:18 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Mumbai: Around 30 flights at the Mumbai airport were cancelled early Thursday morning as the new Air Traffic Control software undergoing test run failed, airport officials said. The Auto Track-III software, the new upgraded software supplied by the US Defence contractor Raytheon failed between 3.15 am and 4.55 am, forcing the Auto Track-II to pull in the back-up system which helped avert major delays and threat to safety, they said....
11:59 AM, Jul 03, 2011
New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Saturday morning resulting in water logging and flooding in the low lying areas of the city. Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday, causing water logging in several parts of the metropolis. The city has received about 20 milimetres of rainfall since Saturday morning. The met department has said that it will continue to pour over...
02:48 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: Six people died as freezing temperatures and chilly winds swept through north India on Sunday. Among those who died were a new born baby in UP's Muzaffarnagar and an elderly man in Jammu. In Delhi, a man was found dead outside a Metro station. Even as north India shudders under harsh winter conditions, heavy fog delayed 31 flights in Delhi on Monday morning. Sunday was also Delhi's coldest...
07:27 AM, Dec 27, 2010
New Delhi: Air India continues to be in the news for the wrong reasons. An acute shortage of ground handling staff has disrupted flight operations at many airports in the country. The disruption in flight operations happened after Air India transferred 11 of its domestic arrivals to Delhi's new international terminal There were protests in Patna, Mumbai and Delhi over delayed Air India flights. Passengers were angry with inordinate delays...
03:25 PM, Nov 03, 2010
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08:27 AM, Jun 02, 2010
Met officials say Cyclone Aila caused damage to progress of monsoons. ...
04:21 PM, Jun 16, 2009
25 flights delayed at Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). ...
10:26 AM, Feb 12, 2009
An applicant claims DDA housing scheme has taken people for a ride. ...
01:42 AM, Jan 05, 2009
Tourists across the country bore the brunt of the winter. ...
10:54 PM, Jan 04, 2009
More than 72 trains were delayed, 26 trains rescheduled and 7 cancelled. ...
09:05 PM, Jan 03, 2009
Many flights and trains had to be delayed and cancelled on Thursday. ...
11:32 PM, Jan 01, 2009
Many flights have been delayed, rescheduled or cancelled due to fog. ...
08:22 AM, Dec 16, 2008
Three films were set for release and suffered due to the terror strikes. ...
10:49 PM, Nov 28, 2008
Air travel is fraught with peril if signs and snags are overlooked. ...
03:37 AM, Oct 13, 2008
The London-bound airline did not take off after the pilot expressed his inability ti fly. ...
02:50 PM, Apr 15, 2007
