Fog problems at Melbourne

Thick fog has caused chaos at Melbourne airport this morning as airlines with planes bound for the Australian airport were forced to keep its planes grounded or divert the ones already on route.

The fog was only causing problems for planes wishing to land but still had a knock on effect for departing planes, it started to clear at around 11 am but a spokesman said it would be the afternoon before the backlog was cleared.

Several planes were forced to turn around mid-air and return to their departing airports or were diverted to Sydney and Adelaide. A weather expert stated that as Australia moved towards its summer more foggy mornings would be common