Bad weather shuts Mumbai airport briefly
July 14th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANSMumbai, July 14 (IANS) A day after the city witnessed a fresh wave of terror, operations at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport were Thursday briefly suspended due to low visibility following heavy rains.
Seven incoming flights and 10 departures were affected between 11.10 a.m. and 11.23 a.m. as visibility dropped to 350 metres. But the flights gradually resumed after the weather improved, an official said.
Mumbai has been receiving heavy rains the past two days, disrupting road, rail and air traffic.
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