Heavy rainstorm, 7 flights to Tan Son Nhat had to land at another airport

Tonight (May 3), bad weather at Tan Son Nhat made many flights unable to land as planned.

News from Tan Son Nhat International Airport, on this evening (May 3), the last day of the 4-day holiday, the weather at the airport is relatively bad, heavy rain makes many flights impossible. landing.

Pictures of the outside of the domestic passenger terminal on the evening of May 3

“There were 7 flights to Tan Son Nhat international airport that had to be diverted to another airport,” said the head of the airport, adding: Pacific Airlines flight BL6518 from Phu Quoc had to return to Phu Quoc. Country.

Vietjet flight VJ307 from Hue had to be diverted to Can Tho airport.

Two flights VJ159 and VJ161 of Vietjet from Noi Bai had to be diverted and landed at Cam Ranh airport.

Vietjet flight VJ385 from Quy Nhon had to be diverted and landed at Buon Ma Thuot airport.

Flight VN7143 from Da Nang and flight VN261 from Noi Bai of Vietnam Airlines also had to change direction to land at Buon Ma Thuot airport.

According to the Traffic Newspaper, at about 19:40, the weather in Tan Son Nhat was good, boarding flights took off and landed normally again.

Young volunteers are on duty, ready to guide passengers when the flight can land again

Currently, the youth volunteer force at the airport is ready to support passengers, preparing to welcome the flights that continuously land.

As reported by Traffic Newspaper, today (May 3), the last day of the April 30 holiday, Tan Son Nhat International Airport is expected to operate 650 flights, including 601 passenger flights. , 42 cargo flights and 7 airport transfers.

The total number of passengers expected to pass through the airport today is up to more than 100,000 guests with more than 38,000 domestic passengers going, more than 6.5 thousand international passengers going and nearly 56 thousand domestic arrivals, more than 4.6 thousand visitors. international arrivals.

The number of domestic visitors is very large, gathering from 11:00 am until the end of the day. The peak time frame will be in the range of 16h-19h, 21h till night.

“We have noticed that airlines and service providers have increased their staff to guide and support passengers. The station operator is also required to increase staff to collect trolleys, to ensure that there are enough vehicles at the domestic conveyor belt area to reach passengers.

Aviation security is responsible for monitoring the situation of taxis to pick up passengers, reminding carriers to regulate vehicles to pick up passengers fully and promptly as committed,” said the leader of Tan Son Nhat airport.