LUCKNOW: A Dubai-Kathmandu flight carrying 161 passengers was diverted to Lucknow on Wednesday after a hailstorm made the runway at Kathmandu airport unavailable, Lucknow airport said in a statement.The flydubai flight FZ539, scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu at 3pm, landed at Chowdhury Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow as a precautionary operational measure.“Lucknow International Airport facilitated the diversion of a flydubai flight FZ539, operating from Dubai to Kathmandu, following the unavailability of the runway at Kathmandu Airport due to a hailstorm,” the airport statement said.After completing the necessary ground formalities and operational coordination, the aircraft departed from Lucknow at 4.36pm to continue its journey to Kathmandu.Lucknow airport provided the required operational support and coordination to ensure the aircraft’s safe onward departure, the statement added.(With inputs from PTI)
