Airspace closed for 5 hours

Airspace over the national capital remained closed for five hours during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

It remained closed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. to ensure fool proof security for the event, an official said. No aircraft were allowed to take off or land at the Delhi airport and other airports within a 300 kilometres radius, except the routine commercial flights and those of the IAF, BSF and Aviation Research Centre.