At least 18 Delhi-bound flights were diverted, while many others were delayed on Saturday due to low visibility and bad weather at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, said airport sources.
The Vistara flight from Guwahati to Delhi (GAU-DEL) was diverted to Jaipur (JAI) due to bad weather and air traffic congestion at Delhi airport on Monday.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien on Saturday said the Delhi-bound flight of party leaders, who are to join the protest in the national capital against MGNREGA ‘arrears’ next week, has been cancelled.
A 14-month-old with heart problem and who was attended on board by a group of doctors in the New Delhi-bound Vistara flight is in critical stage on ventilator and on several live-saving drugs at a hospital in Nagpur, officials said on Monday.
"Indigo joins #OperationKaveri. 231 Indians in a flight to New Delhi from Jeddah. With this 5th outbound flight, around 1600 reached or airborne for India. Happy journey. Our Mission continues," Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan tweeted.
As 'Operation Kaveri' continues, 360 Indians leave Jeddah airport on a flight bound for New Delhi and will soon be reunited with their families, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Wednesday.
The security officer on duty told ANI, "It was learnt that an unruly passenger (Indian) arriving from New York by American Airlines Flight No. AA 292 in inebriated condition has argued with a co-passenger and urinated on him."
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight, originated from Cochin, diverted to Bhopal due to a medical emergency on board, the airlines said in a statement on Friday.
Air India Delhi-bound flight from New York had to make a precautionary landing in Sweden's capital Stockholm after detecting technical glitches on Wednesday.