Volcanic ash clouds flight operations

Several flights were cancelled and others faced delays after the ash plumes from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano reached India

- NITIN KUMAR

MULTIPLE FLIGHTS WERE cancelled on Tuesday and several others delayed as ash plumes from the long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia, which has erupted for the first time in more than 12,000 years, drifted into the Indian airspace.

The ash cloud drifted northeast at 100-120 km per hour (kmph) and entered India on Monday evening. IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India, and Akasa Air announced domestic and international flight diversions as well cancellations.