In view of cyclone 'Dana', flight operations at Kolkata Airport have been suspended for 15 hours from Thursday evening. A senior official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has given this information. According to Bhasha news, although flight operations at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport were to be suspended from 6 pm on Thursday, there was a slight delay. Airport Director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said that Indigo's Amritsar-Kolkata flight was the last flight to land here on Thursday evening and it landed at 6.11 pm.
A total of 309 flights will be affected
According to the news, Beuria told that the last flight to depart was Indigo's Kolkata-Guwahati flight which took off at 7 pm. An AAI official said there was a slight delay in suspending flight operations due to the bomb threat to the airport. However, this threat later turned out to be false, he said. A total of 309 flights will be affected during the suspension of flight operations at the airport. Flight operations at the airport are to be resumed at 9 am on Friday. Meanwhile, the airport director said that after the departure of the last flight from Kolkata airport, all the entry and exit gates of the terminal building have been sealed.
Possibility of strong winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall
Airlines companies coordinated with airport officials. Sources said that standard procedures were also followed to keep the planes safe from the cyclone. Keeping in mind the possible impact of the cyclone in the coastal region of West Bengal including Kolkata and the possibility of strong winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall, it has been decided to suspend flight operations from 6 pm on October 24 to 9 am on October 25. Has gone.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the cyclone will hit the coast between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port in neighboring Odisha on Friday morning. During this period, the maximum speed of the storm is likely to be 120 kilometers per hour.
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