Cyclone Biparjoy Effect: IndiGo Flight Aborts Landing At Mumbai Airport, Makes Hard Landing In Udaipur

An IndiGo flight had to abort landing at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday due to bad weather conditions in the wake of cyclonic storm "Buparjoy". The Lucknow-Mumbai flight 6E-2441 was diverted to Udaipur where it made a hard landing after two failed attempts.

Updated Jun 13, 2023 | 11:41 PM IST

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Cyclone Biparjoy Effect: IndiGo Flight Aborts Landing At Mumbai Airport, Makes Hard Landing In Udaipur (File image)

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An IndiGo flight had to abort landing at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday due to bad weather conditions in the wake of cyclonic storm "Buparjoy". The Lucknow-Mumbai flight 6E-2441 was diverted to Udaipur where it made a hard landing after two failed attempts.
According to reports, the flight was scheduled to land in Mumbai at 1.15 pm. However, it aborted the landing and kept hovering over the airport for about 30 minutes. The flight was then diverted to Udaipur. There also the pilot tried to land twice but in the end he had to make a hard landing. at 3.30 pm.
Notably, the severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the east-central Arabian Sea on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an yellow alert for Mumbai and Thane for Monday.
On Monday, flight operations at Mumbai Airport were briefly disrupted due to inclement weather conditions caused by Cyclone Biparjoy.
Cyclone Biparjoy brought heavy rain and strong winds to Mumbai on Monday evening. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on the near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district on June 15. Authorities have so far shifted 21,000 people from different coastal districts to safer locations.
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