Mist delays flights in PE

BY NEWSTEAM
22 MAY 2010


Early this morning flights leaving Port Elizabeth airport were reported grounding due to a thick mist.

Reports said the low hanging clouds also caused delays for planes leaving the Cape Town International Airport.

Airports Company of South Africa expected the mist to clear in a short period of time.

ACSA’s Collin Naidoo said passengers at Port Elizabeth Airport were forced to wait for the skies to clear.

Meanwhile American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has send a team to India to provide technical assistance in the investigation of the Air India plane crash in Mangalore.

The Indian authorities made the request for the team to be sent to investigate the crash that claimed 160 lives.

There were only eight survivors when the Boeing 737-800 crashed into a forest on landing.

The ill-fated Boeing, which began service on January 15 two years ago, was coming from Dubai.

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