Chennai:
A total of nine international and domestic flights were diverted to airports in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi due to poor visibility following smog triggered by burning of Bhogi bonfires.
The poor visibility due to Bhogi was felt for more than 90 minutes and the first diversion of flight started when Oman Air’s Muscat-Chennai flight was diverted to Hyderabad at 6.20am.
The Air India’s flight from Sharjah-Trivandrum-Chennai was too was diverted to Bangalore. It was to arrive here at 7.10am.
The Spicejet flight from Hyderabad-Chennai was diverted to Bangalore. The flight from Kualu Lumpur to Chennai was diverted to Hyderabad. It was to arrive at 7.57.
Similarly, flights from Abu Dhabi and Dubai too were diverted to Hyderabad and Kochi respectively. Similarly, flights from Colombo was also diverted, airport sources said.
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