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18 Flights Bound for Changi, Seletar Diverted Since Jan 10 Due to Rain
The Straits Times
|January 14, 2025
No further weather-related diversions after Monday morning
Since the evening of Jan 10, 18 flights that were supposed to land at Singapore's Changi and Seletar airports have been diverted to neighboring airfields due to heavy rain.
Changi Airport Group (CAG), which operates both airports, told The Straits Times that 12 flights due to land at Changi Airport were diverted to regional airports, such as those in Johor Bahru and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Batam in Indonesia.
These flights, operated by various airlines, had originated from cities including Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Jakarta in Indonesia, and Shanghai in China, added CAG.
The six non-commercial flights - private jets or aircraft used for training purposes - bound for Seletar Airport were diverted to Changi Airport, the airport operator said.
No further weather-related flight diversions took place after the morning of Jan 13, CAG added.
Checks by ST showed that Thai Airways Flight TG401 travelling from Bangkok to Singapore on the night of Jan 12 was among those that were diverted.
The plane circled Singapore's airfields for about 20 minutes before being diverted to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
This story is from the January 14, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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