'Drone-like object' grounds Delhi flights, ops suspended for more than 30 mins

Flight operations were suspended for more than half-an-hour at the international airport in Delhi

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

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Flight operations were suspended for more than half-an-hour at the international airport in Delhi on Sunday after a “drone-like object” was spotted in one of the runways. 

Sources said the “drone-like object” was spotted by an Air Asia pilot about 1909 hours. Many flights were diverted as the operations were suspended for about 40 minutes, the sources said.