Kolkata, Sep 23 (PTI) Torrential rains battered Kolkata on Tuesday, throwing flight operations into chaos with more than 90 cancellations and over 90 delays reported till evening, even as waterlogging paralysed normal life across the metropolis.

Between midnight and 7.30 pm on Tuesday, as many as 42 incoming and 49 outgoing flights were cancelled at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport due to incessant downpour, restricted visibility and poor weather at both Kolkata and outstation destinations, an AOCC (Airport Operations Control Centre) bulletin said.

In addition, 33 arrivals and 62 departures were delayed, while at least one flight had to be diverted, the bulletin said. Show Full Article

The aviation chaos mirrored the citywide disruption as Kolkata lay waterlogged under r

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