BANGALORE: Fourteen flights were diverted and six departures were delayed on Tuesday evening due to a heavy downpour and bad weather in Devanahalli on the city outskirts where the Kempegowda International Airport is located, airport authorities said.
“Overall 14 flights were diverted. 12 were diverted to Chennai, one to Coimbatore and one to Hyderabad. Airline wise count – seven Indigo Flights, three Vistara, two Akasa Airlines and one each of Go Air and Air India. Six departures were delayed,” the official told reporters.
According to the Met department, the KIA in Devanahalli received 45.2 mm rainfall on Tuesday evening. Due to the heavy downpour, traffic was thrown out of gear and normal life was paralysed in Devanahalli. Weather in Bangalore today was marked by partly cloudy skies with one or two spells of rain and thundershower, Met Centre Bengaluru said in a forecast. The weather department has predicted cloudy skies for the city till April 5 with thundery developments likely around April 4 and April 5.
The maximum and lowest temperatures are anticipated to be in the range of 33 and 23, respectively.