As fog engulfed several areas of Karachi on Sunday morning and the city experienced \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d weather conditions, flight disruptions and one road accident death were reported.<\/p>\n
Low visibility due to fog was reported from Super Highway, Surjani Town, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, I.I. Chundrigarh Road, Clifton and Defence.<\/p>\n
Updates on the Karachi airport\u2019s website showed that multiple flights were cancelled or delayed in the morning.<\/p>\n
Pakistan Airports Authority spokesperson Saifullah Khan confirmed in a statement that six international flights scheduled to land in Karachi had to be diverted due to fog.<\/p>\n
The statement said that the diversion was a usual safety measure taken due to reduced visibility. It added that Pegasus Airlines, Eitehad Airways, Flyadeal and Gulf Air flights had been diverted to Muscat. Moreover, a Pakistan International Airlines flight that had departed from Madina, too, had to be divered to Muscat.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Fly Jinnah flight arriving from Jeddah was diverted to Islamabad.<\/p>\n
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), shallow fog also engulfed the Rahim Yar Khan-Karachi Highway and Karachi-Lasbella Highway between 8am and 11am.<\/p>\n
Air quality
\nUpdates on air quality monitoring platform IQAir around 11:30am showed that the air quality was \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d in the city, with an AQI reading of 282.<\/p>\n
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a measure of the concentration of various pollutants in the air, such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), coarse particulate matter (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3). Any IQAir AQI ranking above 150 is considered \u201cunhealthy\u201d and above 200 is considered \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Road accident
\nPolice, meanwhile, reported the death of a motorcyclist in an accident, attributing it to hazy weather conditions, among other factors.<\/p>\n
South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Asad Raza told Dawn that the incident occurred on Clifton Bridge due to \u201csmog, slippery roads and speeding\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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