Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport have been thrown into chaos after a major technical fault crippled the airport’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system, resulting in more than 500 flights getting delayed between Thursday (November 6) evening and Friday (November 7) morning.

According to Flightradar24 data, average departure delays reached around 50–55 minutes, with some departures held up by more than an hour.

By late morning Friday, airlines and airport officials still could not confirm when the core technical fault would be fixed, raising the risk of cascading disruptions throughout the day and across other airports in the region.

Passengers are stranded in terminals and on runways, with major carriers, including Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air,

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