Airspace Closed, Air India's Flight To Kabul Not Operated, Route To Chicago Diverted.
Key Sentence:
- The Air India flight was scheduled to take off at 12.30 pm but has now been canceled.
- The situation appears to be deteriorating with the Taliban's occupation of Afghanistan.
In the meantime, Afghanistan airspace has been shut down. Due to which no flight will be able to fly from Kabul airport now. Officials say no flights will take off from Kabul airport now that the airport has been closed. Sources said that no single Air India flight ready to go to Afghanistan can now go to Kabul.
Kabul Airport has been closed. A notice from NOTAM or airmen has been issued to this effect.
According to sources, the flight to Chicago has also been diverted.
An Air India source told the media that the airport had been closed. How can an airline run in these circumstances? We were supposed to fly to Kabul at 12.30 pm, but now it has been canceled.
Notably, the Air India flight reached Delhi from Kahul on Sunday evening. It included Afghan citizens, including Indians, and the Afghan parliament. Amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, locals, including foreign nationals, want to leave the country anyway. This led to a collision between passengers at Kabul airport this morning.
Source From Divyabhashkar