Mumbai Rains: Rakul Preet Singh Stuck At The Flooded Airport, Sonam Kapoor Enquires If It's Open!

Mumbai rains have caused havoc in the city and airport is flooded too with as many as 52 flights cancelled and another 55 diverted

Mumbai: The city is flooded due to the rains and as many as 52 flights were cancelled and another 55 diverted to nearby airports due to the inclement weather and skidding of a SpiceJet aircraft at Mumbai airport Monday night, an official said Tuesday. Affected those are not only the commoners but the Bollywood celebrities too. 'Veer Di Wedding' actress Sonam took to Twitter a while ago and asked - "Can anyone tell me if the airport is open?". And 'Marjaavaan' actress Rakul Preet Singh in reply to Sonam's tweet reveals that she herself is stuck at the airport. She wrote - "No flights have taken off since last night .. m stuck at the airport". 

Can anyone tell me if the airport is open? @mybmc @MumbaiPolice @BOMairport

— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) July 2, 2019

No flights have taken off since last night .. m stuck at the airport

— Rakul Preet Singh (@Rakulpreet) July 2, 2019

Multiple pictures and videos from all over Mumbai have 'flooded' social media showing the sad state of the city and havoc wrecked upon by the rains on streets, roads and even airport. Here's the one video from last night that shows water flooding the Terminal 2 at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal in Mumbai.

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Another video from the International airport was shared an hour ago on social media by a paparazzi handle.

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More scenes from the international airport #mumbaiindians #t2 #viralbhayani @viralbhayani

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Here's one from Thane station.

Thane station welcomes Mansoon!! #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/ECAMey1qDt

— Localranjha (@localranjha) June 28, 2019

Efforts are underway to remove the Boeing 737 aircraft that skidded on the runway and restore operations as early as possible, the official said. A city-bound SpiceJet flight from Jaipur carrying 167 passengers and crew overshot the runway at Mumbai airport Monday night after landing amid heavy rains, which have severely hit normal life in the city over the last two days. This was the second incident of a SpiceJet aircraft overshooting the runway in the past few days. On June 30, SpiceJet flight from Bhopal veered off the runway at Surat airport due to heavy rainfall and wind. "A total of 52 flights have been cancelled and another 55 diverted to the nearby airports due to the inclement weather and non-availability of the main runway since Monday late night," said the official. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft is still stuck on the runway (09x27) and operations are being carried out from the secondary runway ( 14x32), the official said. "Efforts are underway to remove the aircraft from main runway to bay area," the official said, adding that it may take time to restore operations from the main runway as the continuous rain is hampering the aircraft rescue work. (with inputs from PTI)