The fog that continued to grip the airport from 3:30 to 9:30 am resulting in the diversion of seven international flights arriving in Karachi. Besides, three international and eight domestic flights were delayed due to foggy conditions.
The seven international flights were PK-732, PK-7832 and PK-7834 from Jeddah, PK-788 from London, PK-216 from Kuwait, PK-260 from Muscat and PK-242 from Dammam. All these flights were diverted to Muscat and later returned when fog was cleared. The flights were delayed by five to 10 hours.
The three international departing flights suffering delay were Pk-266 for Dhaka, PK-274 for Bombay and PK-874 for Colombo.
The domestic departing flights suffering delay were PK-362 and PK-300 for Islamabad, PK-330 for Multan, PK-580 for Rahimyar Khan, PK-390 for Sukkur, PK-521 for Gwadar, PK-302 for Lahore, PK-340 for Faisalabad. These flights suffered delays for one to five hours.