Bucharest Storm Disrupts Air Traffic: Delays in Departures and Landings

By Romania Journal Last updated Jul 3, 2024

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Several planes had a longer route to the “Henri Coandă” airport, due to the storm that affected the Romanian Capital on Tuesday, which is why most of the departures from Bucharest this evening are delayed, reports BoardingPass, a website specialized in aviation news.

“Due to the unfavorable weather conditions in the Bucharest area and in the central-eastern area of the country since the evening of Tuesday, July 2, 2024, several planes had a longer route to the “Henri Coandă” airport (Otopeni). Also, some waited in the air for about 10-15 minutes, and for these reasons most of the departures from Bucharest this evening have delays. However, no aircraft have so far been diverted to land at another airport in the region and, barring delays, air traffic is operating under near-normal conditions,” BoardingPass’ post this evening said.

Fallen trees

Also, Bucharest firefighters intervened, on Tuesday evening, in several areas of the city, after fallen trees were reported. The Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (ISU) Bucharest-Ilfov announced, on Tuesday evening, several ongoing interventions, due to the storm. There were no casualties, but several trees fell on the street and on cars.

Meteorologists had issued a code orange warning on Tuesday, valid until Wednesday, at 10:00 a.m., in Crisana, northwestern Transylvania and locally in Banat, Maramureș, Muntenia and Moldova. For Bucharest, meteorologists had announced, starting in the evening, an increasing degree of atmospheric instability, with periods of wind intensification (gusts generally of 60…80 km/h), whirlwinds, torrential downpours, electrical discharges and hail conditions.

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