CHENNAI: Heavy winds coupled with a sudden shower in Chennai forced airport authorities to divert two flights to different airports, while arrival and departures of few other flights were delayed.An IndiGo ATR flight from Salem with around 70 passengers, which departed at 3.34 pm, was diverted to Tirupati as the flight could not land in Chennai due to heavy winds. The flight made a safe landing in Tirupati around 5. 30pm.An IndiGo flight from Kolkata, which departed at 3. 20pm, had to take off after a near touchdown at Chennai airport around 5. 15pm and was later diverted to Trichy. The flight landed in Trichy at 5. 45pm.A few other flights from Indore, Lucknow and Hyderabad were made to hover around and had a delayed landing at Chennai due to congestion of arrival flights. Similarly, flights from Chennai to destinations like Ranchi, Mysore, Goa and Kolkata were delayed up to two hours.
