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7-hour itch for airport
Updated On: 23 September, 2009 07:22 AM IST | | Vaidehi Limaye and Bipin Kumar Singh
Sudden thundershowers throw flights off schedule; city in chaos
Sudden thundershowers throw flights off schedule; city in chaos
It was meant to happen. On Monday, Colaba had a humidity of 91 per cent, while Santacruz was 75 per cent.
Then yesterday, humidity levels at Colaba touched 97 per cent, while Santacruz was 95 per cent both 10 per cent higher than normal.
What happened then, was rain. A heavy, seemingly unstoppable downpour between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm yesterday, that left Mumbaikars, almost all without umbrellas, stranded. Even worse, was the situation at the airport.
Stranded
Almost 30 domestic flights (arrival and departure) were delayed after the heavy showers in the city.
"To make matters worse, only one runway at the airport was operational as the other was shut for reconstruction," said an official from MIAL requesting anonymity.
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