Hyderabad weather: Flight operations hit due to rain, several flights diverted

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Several domestic flights and one international flight were diverted to nearby cities due to bad weather conditions and rains in Hyderabad on Wednesday, Deccan Chronicle reported.

As per the report, five IndiGo flights were diverted. Flight 6E 638 from Bengaluru to Hyderabad was sent to Vijayawada, while flights 6E 6528 from Kolkata, 6E 6166 from Lucknow, 6E 471 from Jaipur, and flight 5326 from Mumbai were all diverted to Bengaluru.

“The flights could not land in Hyderabad due to bad weather conditions. Once the weather improved, five of the diverted flights were brought back to Hyderabad and landed safely,” airport officials were quoted by Deccan Chronicle as saying.

Airport officials noted that operations are currently normal. Meanwhile, one international flight, Salam Air’s OV 735 from Muscat to Hyderabad, was cancelled on Tuesday night due to bad weather conditions in Muscat, the report added.