Flights delayed as thick fog engulfs Abu Dhabi
abu dhabi — Residents in the Capital woke up to a dense cover of fog on Friday. The weather conditions affected both incoming and outgoing flights at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Entire Abu Dhabi City and Madinat Zayed, Ruwais, Sila and Ghayathi areas of Al Dhafra Region were covered in fog. Visibility was between 500m to 1km, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said.
With changing weather conditions, the NCM has urged residents to be alert.
“Residents should be careful on the roads and while engaging in any outdoor activities,” the NCM said and urged residents to comply with advice issued by the authorities.
Making a forecast, the NCM said: “It will be fair to partly cloudy in general and hazy at times. There will be light to moderate winds. The relative humidity will increase during night and early morning over some internal and coastal areas, with a chance of fog and mist formation.”
The Arabian Sea and Oman Sea are set to be slight to moderate.
Flights delayed
There was overnight fog formation over the Abu Dhabi International Airport and it affected travel plans of holiday makers and weekend flyers as most of the flights got delayed.
Flights departing to Jeddah, Bahrain, Muscat, Cairo, Khartoum, Islamabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Colombo, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, Dallas, Dusseldorf, Seychelles, Paris, Phuket, Athens, Rome, Dublin, Beirut and Amsterdam got delayed.
Passengers are advised to contact the Etihad Airways Contact Centre on +9712 599 0000 for information.
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