Addis Ababa, July 29, 2021 (Walta) – An adverse weather conditions caused flights bound for Addis Ababa to be diverted. It is even slowing the traffic in the city.
The weather in Addis Ababa is getting worse by the day. Let alone a plane, cars in city are getting jammed due to the bad weather that disturb sight.
The Ethiopian Metrological Agency said yesterday based the forecast it has made, foggy situation is expected to continue in Addis Ababa and some other part of the country.
Twelve Addis Ababa bound flight diverted to Khartoum International Airport in Sudan on Sunday evening and Monday morning according to All Africa.
In a statement via its website the day before yesterday, Ethiopian Airlines announced: “Out of an abundance of caution, flights heading to Addis Ababa are diverting to nearby airports due to bad weather at and around Bole International Airport.”
The airline said that flights would revert to their original destination once weather improves.
In an update at 09:30 yesterday, the airline said that weather conditions had shown some improvement so that flights could begin reverting to Addis, where arrangements were being made to accommodate transit passengers who need to be re-booked in hotels.
It cautioned that “conditions are still unreliable which can change at any time”.
Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority Chief, Ibrahim Adlan, confirmed to the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that the unscheduled landings were necessary due to bad weather at Addis Ababa Airport.
He says that they were all commercial flights of Ethiopian Airlines from a number of European and Asian airports.
He said that the Khartoum airport authorities acted in a highly professional way, and with full coordination with parties concerned.
“The aircraft were received and provided with all technical and logistical services until they departed safely after the improvement of weather at Addis Ababa Airport,” Adlan said.