Chaos at Delhi’s IGI Airport after mud storm delays flights, leaves passengers stranded

Delhi’s IGI airport got here to a standstill on Friday after the nationwide capital was swept by a extreme mud storm, delaying a number of flights and stranding lots of of passengers.

The nationwide capital skilled a dip in temperatures following mud storms for 2 days straight. The storms dimmed visibility and created a ruckus within the metropolis.

Greater than 50 flights had been reportedly delayed by Saturday from the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, whereas 15 airplanes had been diverted from their locations and 7 had been cancelled owing to the storms.

“After the mud storm, many flights had been diverted and cancelled, and this triggered inconvenience to passengers ready for his or her flights at Delhi airport. The diverted flight took time to succeed in Delhi, and this led to a rush on the airport,” an official mentioned.

Passengers slam authorities

Tons of of passengers discovered themselves stranded on the airport, with a lot of them posting complaints on social media.

“There’s complete chaos at Terminal 3. @airindia please at the very least present an replace on flights. Boards usually are not getting up to date. There is no such thing as a Air India employees to assist or present any replace,” one individual mentioned on X.

There’s complete chaos at Terminal 3. @airindia please at the very least present replace on flights. Boards usually are not getting up to date.

There is no such thing as a Air India employees to assist or present any replace. @DelhiAirport @DelhiAirportGMR pic.twitter.com/bY0KgDQDqd

— Pallavi Saluja (@pallavibnb) April 12, 2025

“@IndiGo6E the 6E 2198, indigo flight from Kolkata to Delhi received rescheduled 6 instances from night. @IndiGo6E are you taking the passengers without any consideration?? Individuals are already 6hrs late for this, are you going to refund the quantity now??” wrote one other consumer.

@IndiGo6E the 6E 2198, indigo flight from Kolkata to Delhi received rescheduled 6times from night. @IndiGo6E are you taking the passengers without any consideration?? Individuals are already 6hrs late for this, are you going to refund the quantity now??

— Aritra Mukherjee (@AritraM27) April 11, 2025

Storm kills 1, injures 3

A 67-year-old man was killed after building materials fell on him from a roof in Delhi’s Chander Vihar space round 6:30 pm on Friday.

In the meantime, three individuals had been injured in a stampede-like state of affairs after sturdy winds adopted by a duststorm led to chaos at a ‘Katha’ ceremony in Rajasthan’s Churu, which was allegedly held with out acquiring needed clearance from the district administration, officers mentioned.