Extra Than 350 Flights Delayed Due To Heavy Rain In Mumbai | India Information

Greater than 350 flights have been delayed at Mumbai airport on Saturday resulting from antagonistic climate situations, HT reported.

Sources at Mumbai airport advised HT that 15 arriving plane have been compelled to go round between midnight and 6 am, with two flights diverted to Nagpur and Ahmedabad.

Knowledge from Flightradar confirmed 283 departing flights have been delayed, together with 77 incoming providers working not on time, HT reported.

The disruptions adopted heavy in a single day rainfall in Mumbai, which started round 1 am on Saturday and continued by way of the day, with some elements of the town recording greater than 200 mm of rain.

IndiGo Plane Makes Secure Touchdown After Tail Strike

An IndiGo Airbus A321 on its means from Bangkok reported a tail strike at Mumbai airport on Saturday throughout a low-altitude go-around prompted by poor climate. The airline confirmed that each one passengers and crew members have been unhurt.

IndiGo knowledgeable that the tail line of the plane hit the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport, following which the plane circled again and made a protected touchdown within the second try.

“On August 16, 2025, an IndiGo Airbus A321 plane tail touched the runway whereas executing a low-altitude go-around resulting from unfavourable climate situations in Mumbai. Thereafter, the plane carried out one other method and landed safely,” the assertion reads.

The airline said that, as per protocol, the plane will bear an in depth inspection, mandatory repairs if required, and procure regulatory clearances earlier than returning to service.

“Following the usual protocol, the plane will undergo mandatory checks/ repairs and regulatory clearance earlier than resuming operations,” IndiGo stated.

The airline additionally reiterated that security is its high precedence and efforts are being made to minimise any disruption to operations.

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