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Over 200 Flights Delayed at Delhi Airport After Glitch in Air Traffic System
A technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control system forced manual flight plan preparation, causing delays for over 100 flights at India's busiest airport, officials said.
- On Friday , flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport were disrupted by an Air Traffic Control system malfunction, delaying nearly 100 flights while the airport worked with DIAL to resolve it.
- Automatic-Message switching failures forced a change in procedure as air traffic controllers have been unable to retrieve flight plans automatically since Thursday evening, Airport sources said.
- Real‑time tracking indicated widespread departure slowdowns, with more than 60 flights delayed since 5 a.m. and departures facing around 50 minutes' delay, while incoming flights were not hampered yet.
- Airlines issued advisories describing delays and longer wait times as Air India warned the ATC issue impacts all airlines and IndiGo said northern regions face operational disruptions.
- Given IGIA's 1,500 daily movements and busiest‑airport status, the glitch has outsized effects as the airport sees over 60 aircraft movements every hour.
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Over 200 flights delayed at Delhi airport after glitch in air traffic system
More than 200 flights were delayed at Delhi airport, one of the world's busiest, after an air traffic control messaging system suffered a technical problem, India's airport authority and a source familiar with the matter said on Friday (Nov 7).The glitch, which delayed departures for dozens of flights by more
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