New Delhi, April 13 -- Flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport remained severely disrupted on Saturday as the impact of Friday evening's intense thunderstorm compounded ongoing problems caused by a runway closure that began earlier this week.

According to flight tracking data from Flightradar24, at least 498 flights were delayed on Saturday till 7.20pm. An airport official confirmed that over 40 flights had been diverted since Friday evening and more than 300 flights were delayed. Social media platforms were flooded with complaints from frustrated passengers facing long delays. P4

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