A Bangkok bound flight of the Druk Air, the national airlines of Bhutan, was grounded at the lokaprira Gopinath Bordoloi International airport in Guwahati on Friday after bad weather accompanied by thundering and hailstorm damaged the aircraft.
There were 90 passengers in the weekly flight that originated at Paro Airport in Bhutan and was bound for Bangkok in Thailand. The flight was caught in a hailstorm and thunderstorm when it was about to take off from the lGBI Airport near Guwahati. The weekly flight between Paro and Bangkok has a stopover at Guwahati.
“The flight was about to take off when the weather condition here deteriorated. Strong wind and rain lashed the entire area accompanied by hailstorm and thundering. The hailstorm partially damaged the nose of the aircraft and there were dents on it wings and the body,” said an Official of the Airport Authority of India here on Saturday. All the passengers of the aircraft were, however, safe, the officials said.