Delhi Airport flight delay: Efforts are ongoing to resolve the issue of technical glitch occurred in the Air Traffic Control System at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The Technical glitch caused delay in over 100 flight on Friday morning.
Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) caused chaos on Friday morning that led the passengers to stuck and setting off disruptions across several northern airports.
Delhi Airport flight delay
According to the sources, the glitch started on Thursday evening which affected the Automatic Message Switching System(AMSS), an important communication key that provides data for the Auto Track System (ATS), which processes to generate flight plans for the controllers.
When the automatic system was down, the air traffic controllers were forced to plan the flights manually using the available data, this resulted in the widespread of delays and congestion around Delhi.
“The issue was with the AMSS system that supplies information for the Auto track system. whereas, the controllers are preparing the flights manually. Which is taking significant time”, said by senior airport source.
IGIA handles over 1,500 flights movement in a single day, and is known as the India’s busiest airport. This delay in flights caused a major disruption which effected departures and arrivals in Friday morning. the Flight tracking website Flightrader24 showed the delay in the departure time with average of 45-50 minutes by 9 am, today.
Delhi flights technical issues
A spokesperson for the Delhi International airport Ltd (DIAL) stated that flight operation were delayed due to a technical issue with ATC system. And their teams are working closely with the airport authority of India (AAI) to restore the operations at the earliest.
Meanwhile, the airlines including IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Air India issued travel advisories to alert the passengers about the disruptions. SpiceJet officials also mentioned that the delays are perused due to ATC congestions in Delhi.
While Air India also said, “we regret about the inconvenience caused due to some technical reason, which is beyond our control and appreciate your patience.” our cabin crew and the on-ground staff at the airport are working to reduce the inconvenience.
At the airport, passengers are facing long queues, and extended in the wait timings onboard aircraft, leading to rescheduling announcements. Many passengers took the incident towards the social media to complain about boing stuck for hours without clarity from the airlines. While the technicians are working to restore the functions, whereas, the officials are mentioning that the backlog can take few hours to clear. This delay is expected at the airports in lucknow, jaipur, Chandigarh and Amritsar.
ATC operation are stable but slower than usual. “the work of restoration is still in progress” said by a senior AAI official around noon.
