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Birds, lizards on Delhi runway; 50 flights delayed
Published on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 22:39 in 
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RAIN HIT: Flight movements on Delhi airport were affected due to bird and animal sightings.
New Delhi: About 50 flights were delayed by up to three hours due to bad weather, use of single runway and sighting of animals on the runway at the IGI airport on Monday inconveniencing the passengers.
About 50 flights were delayed due to use of single runway after heavy rains lashed the city between 10 am and 11 am.
The primary runway (27/9) was unavailable for one hour after a jackal, few monitor lizards and birds were spotted, a DIAL spokesman said.
"As the runway are being operated in dependent mode, when there is disruption on the runway due to safety reasons – it may lead to flight disruption," he said.
The spokesman said that spotting of animals and birds is a common phenomenon during the monsoon and heavy rains.
It had a dedicated team to control their activities but despite this flight movements are affected.
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yet anather excuses for delays at IGI.
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