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NEW DELHI, NOV. 24. The first dense fog of the winter season descended over the Capital on Wednesday morning, reducing visibility to a few metres and badly disrupting air, rail and road traffic. However, foggy conditions are not likely to prevail over the city for long and visibility levels are expected to improve over the next few days, the weatherman said. Air traffic at Delhi airports was thrown completely out of gear due to the fog as no flight could be take off between 6 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. due to poor runway visibility range (RVR). According to Airports Authority of India officials, the runway was engulfed in dense fog soon after the departure of a Jet Airways flight at 5.52 a.m. As a result, two international flights had to be diverted to Mumbai. However, runway visibility improved after 8.30 a.m. and flight operations were resumed. AAI has appealed to all passengers to confirm the correct departure timings of their flights before reaching the airport. Passengers can contact Alliance Air at 25675313, Air Sahara at 30302020, Indian Airlines at 25675317 and 25675318, and Jet Airways at 25675404 and 25675504. Similarly, international passengers can contact the airlines concerned or the general telephone exchange Nos. 25696021, 25652011 and 25652021. Arrival of trains at the Capital's three main railway stations too was badly hit due to poor visibility. Most trains, particularly those coming from the eastern States, including Howrah Rajdhani Express, Sealdah Rajdhani Express, Lucknow Mail, Gomti Express, Magadh Express and Shramjeevi Express were delayed. Departure of several trains from the Capital also had to be rescheduled. The Meteorological Department officials attributed the dense fog to western disturbance from Jammu and Kashmir and westerly winds from Rajasthan moving towards north India and converging over Delhi and adjoining States. The system, however, was not strong enough to bring winter rain and led to dense fog. The fog lifted around forenoon and the bright sunshine brought about a rise in the day temperature. Stating that Wednesday's fog could not be termed as a normal phenomenon, the weatherman said it would not sustain for long. "There is only a remote possibility of dense fog engulfing the Capital over the next few days,'' he said. Interestingly, the maximum and minimum temperatures that hovered around 30 and 14 degrees Celsius respectively were above normal.
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