Bihar Flight News: More than a dozen flights operating from Patna will be stopped next month. Some of these will be closed in the first week, while some will be closed around December 15. The reason for this is the increase in smog. Dense fog has started forming around Patna Airport in the morning. Due to this, when it is time for the first flight to land at Patna airport at seven in the morning, the visibility has dropped to between 600 to 800 meters. Its impact on aircraft operations has started becoming visible since last week. Flights have started getting diverted from Patna since last two days. When the runway of Patna airport is not visible to the pilot due to dense fog, the plane has to be taken to Banaras, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar or Kolkata airport.
Planes will not fly before 10:30 am
Flights before 10:30 am and after 8 pm will be closed. Currently 13 such flights are operating. There is a schedule of eight flights from Patna airport till 10:30 am. Of these, seven are of IndiGo, out of which three go to Delhi, while one each goes to Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. One flight is of SpiceJet. After 8 pm, five flights arrive and depart from Patna airport. Of these, Indigo has three. One is of SpiceJet which goes to Bengaluru, while one is of Flybig, which goes to Kolkata. Most of these flights will be stopped.
Visibility requirement reached 1400 meters
Last year, a 1000 meter visibility was required for a plane to land at Patna airport, because even in dense fog, it had the facility of instrument landing system and 400 meter approach light. But since March, maintenance work of the instrument landing system is going on, due to which the visibility requirement for landing has increased to 1400 meters. If the visibility requirement of 1400 meters continues in December and January, not more than 15 pairs of flights will be able to fly.
SpiceJet flight took off eight hours late
The effect of smog on flight operations from Patna airport was also visible on Saturday. Due to operational reasons, the SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Patna was delayed by eight hours and departed by almost the same amount, while 14 other flights were also delayed due to smog. Of these, two planes were delayed by more than two hours while four planes were delayed by more than one hour. The passengers were upset due to the delay in the flights and many created ruckus, which was calmed down by the airlines personnel and CISF personnel.
Planes have to be diverted due to low visibility
Let us tell you that due to low visibility at Patna Airport, planes have to be continuously diverted these days. Even on Friday, two planes were diverted after reaching Patna. IndiGo’s Kolkata-Patna flight 6E 668 diverted to Raipur, while Delhi-Patna flight 6E 2163 went to Kolkata after making two-three rounds of the airport. Due to Kolkata airport being busy, the Kolkata-Patna flight was not sent to Kolkata and was diverted to Raipur. Due to this, 186 passengers and 173 passengers were to come to Patna from Delhi-Patna flight. Apart from these, 22 other pairs of flights also arrived late at Patna airport. Due to visibility being less than 1000 meters, aircraft operations could not take place in the morning. The flight from Chandigarh made its first landing at Patna airport at 11.30. The arrival time of Delhi-Patna flight was 8:30 in the morning, but it landed in Patna 1.25 hour late at 9:45, but due to visibility being 800 meters, the plane was sent to Kolkata after two-three rounds. given. The Kolkata-Patna flight had arrived on time at 9:45, but due to low visibility, it was diverted to Raipur. Later, the Delhi-Patna flight departed from Kolkata and reached at around 1 o’clock, while the Delhi-Kolkata flight from Raipur reached Patna airport at 12 o’clock.
passengers are getting worried
Passengers are also creating ruckus due to the planes being diverted. On Friday, 175 passengers going from Patna to Delhi and 174 passengers going from Patna to Kolkata were stuck at Patna airport for five hours to board the flight. A passenger going to Kolkata said that at 10:30 he was told that the flight would depart at 12 o’clock. There was not even a place to sit at the airport. People were not even given information as to the reason for the late arrival or departure of the plane. When some passengers created a ruckus, they were given breakfast packets. Some people were not even given this.