A thick cloud of ash from the Hayli Gubbi volcanic eruption, which reached India on Monday night, prompted aviation authorities to issue guidelines, impacting flight operations in the country.
The plume of ash reached Delhi around 11 pm, and drifted over Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana. According to IMD’s latest update, it has exited most part of the country as of 8:30 pm, barring a portion over northeastern India.
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-Hayli Gubbi volcano: The long-dormant volcano – Hayli Gubbi – in northern Ethiopia erupted on Sunday, sending ash plumes up to 14 kilometres high in the sky and across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The volcano erupted for th first time in recorded history.
-DGCA issues advisory: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in a detailed advisory on Monday, asked airlines to strictly avoid published volcanic ash–affected areas and flight levels, adjust flight planning, routing, and fuel considerations based on the latest advisories.
-Air India cancels flights: Air India cancelled at least 11 flights, both domestic and international, in view of the ash influence, mostly over North India. The airline has initiated precautionary checks on aircraft that had flown over regions affected by the volcanic eruption. Air India cancelled eleven flights after the eruption. The airline cancelled AI 106 (Newark-Delhi), AI 102 (New York-Delhi), AI 2204 (Dubai-Hyderabad), AI 2290 (Doha-Mumbai), AI 2212 (Dubai-Chennai), AI 2250 (Dammam-Mumbai) and AI 2284 (Doha-Delhi) for November 24. For November 25, AI 2822 (Chennai-Mumbai), AI 2466 (Hyderabad-Delhi), AI 2444/2445 (Mumbai-Hyderabad-Mumbai) and AI 2471/2472 (Mumbai-Kolkata-Mumbai) were cancelled.
Akasa cancels flights: Akasa Air also cancelled all flights to and from Jeddah, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi amid the ash influence. These flights were scheduled for November 24 and November 25.
When will volcano ash clear Indian skies? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier said the ash was likely to clear Indian skies by 7:30 pm. Later, in an update at 8:30 pm, the weather department said that the ash plume had exited most part of India, except for a portion over the northeast.
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