Water-logging, Power cut at Mumbai Airport Affect Flight Operations

The closure of main runway at Mumbai airport, along with water-logging at terminal 1-C and power cut, severely affected flight operations on Wednesday, said media reports.

PTI reported that there was a delay of one to one and a half hour across flights at Mumbai airport due to the closure of runway for over an hour.

Report further said that there was power cut and water-logging at newly built terminal 1-C, which caused congestion at the airport.

According to the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), the main runway 09×27 was closed for 50 minutes (0810 hours to 0900 hours) to clear glass pieces of runway edge light which were broken by a departing aircraft, report said.

“Due to the closure, there was a long queue of aircraft at the runway awaiting clearance from the ATC,” PTI quoted a source as saying.

The source also said that following rains last night, there was water-logging at terminal 1-C leading to the closure of the area.

(Based on internet reports)