Due to heavy fog and low visibility, the flights scheduled to arrive at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur on Wednesday were diverted and landed in other cities.
The flight services resumed only after the visibility was restored.
The flights from Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Indore and Bangalore were not allowed to land due to visibility problem.
As per information received from Airport authorities, Vistara flight from Delhi to Raipur was diverted to Bhubaneswar. Indigo flight from Delhi to Raipur was diverted to Nagpur while Bangalore to Raipur was diverted to Bhubaneswar. Similarly, Indore to Raipur flight was landed at Bhopal.
Later, when visibility was restored, the Delhi to Raipur flight which was diverted to Bhubaneswar landed at around 12.43 PM at Raipur. The Indore to Raipur flight earlier diverted to Bhopal returned to Raipur at 12.24 pm. The Vistara flight from Delhi to Raipur which was diverted to Bhubaneswar returned at around 01.07 PM.
Hyderabad to Raipur which was diverted to Nagpur returned and landed at around 01.01 PM. Indigo flight from Delhi to Raipur was cleared for landing at 01.25 PM and Bangalore to Raipur flight diverted to Bhubaneswar landed in Raipur at 01.34 PM.