Bihar Weather News: Monsoon has once again become active and it is raining continuously in Bihar. When the weather patterns change, it has an impact on the airline service as well. Due to reduced visibility due to clouds and rain, the SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Patna could not land at Patna airport on Wednesday afternoon. Waiting for the visibility to improve, it kept circling in the sky of Patna and its surroundings for 15-20 minutes. During this time, he made not one or two but seven rounds in a big circle from Patna to Buxar. But the pilot could not see the runway from above. After several attempts, it was decided that it would be better to divert the flight to Banaras. And due to dense clouds, the flight was diverted to Banaras without taking any risk.
There were 183 passengers and six crew members on board the plane.
Flight number SG470 had reached the skies of Patna at 11:20 pm. There were 183 passengers and six crew members on board the plane. At that time, due to dense clouds in the sky and rain around the airport, visibility had fallen below one thousand meters. Due to this, the pilot could not clearly see the runway of Patna Airport from the sky above. The pilot started rotating the plane slowly in a big sky circle from Patna to Buxar and waited for the clouds to clear and visibility to increase. After making seven rounds in the sky, he once again tried to land. But due to poor visibility and inability to see the runway, he could not succeed and had to be diverted to Banaras.
Reached Patna at 1.20 pm
After landing in Banaras at 12.10 pm, the plane remained there for about 30 minutes. After that, after getting information about improving weather, it took off from Banaras at 12.40 pm and reached Patna at 1.21 pm. The passengers sitting in the plane were upset due to the diversion, who heaved a sigh of relief when the plane reached Patna. Since this aircraft goes to Bengaluru as flight number SG497. Therefore, passengers going to Bengaluru were also eagerly waiting for it at Patna airport. The plane took off for Bengaluru at 2:25 pm.
Indigo flight from Delhi canceled
Indigo flight 6E5128 coming from Delhi to Patna at 11.40 pm was canceled due to bad weather and low visibility. Indigo rescheduled its passengers from another plane.