Three international flights, which were bound towards Kerala’s Kochi airport, were diverted and instructed to land in Thiruvananthapuram due to heavy fog in the area. Kochi has been reporting unusually heavy fog in the last few days.
Following the intense fog, three flights which were headed towards Cochin International Airport were diverted. The Air India Express coming from Doha, the Emirates from Dubai and the Gulf Air from Bahrain were diverted and told to land at Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday morning.Ernakulam district received heavy rainfall on Wednesday night, which resulted in heavy fog forming around the city of Kochi on Thursday. The fog has reduced visibility in the city, which is reportedly happening for the first time.
As a result, three international flights which were supposed to land in Kochi on Thursday morning were diverted and instructed to land at the Thiruvananthapuram airport.
A well-marked low-pressure area had formed over the East-central and the adjoining South-east Arabian Sea. It is to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over the East-central Arabian Sea on Thursday morning.
