The heavy downpour on Thursday, May 9, night led to diversion of 17 flights to Chennai from the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).
“Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds rendered the airport inaccessible for landing between 9.35 p.m. and 10.29 p.m., leading to the diversion of flights. Thirteen domestic flights, three international passenger flights, and one international cargo flight were diverted to Chennai,” BIAL spokesperson said.
Among the domestic flights which were diverted to the Chennai airport were four Indigo flights, four Air India Express flights, one Vistara, one Akasa Air, one Air India and one Star Air flight.
