Mangalore airport opened for traffic

By Our Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE, DEC. 9. The Mangalore Airport has been opened for normal traffic after it was closed on Friday afternoon following a Boeing 737 blocking the runway after a tyre burst.

According to airport officials, the runway was cleared early today as the aircraft was towed down to a parking bay where it was inspected by the engineers who were flown in from Calicut.

The Jet Airways operated its services with other aircraft pressed into service from another sector, according to the company official.

The aircraft will remain in the parking bay till all the engineering checks are completed and repairs to the nose section undercarriage are done. The repairs will take at least three days, officials said.

Indian Airlines also operated its flights from this airport today in the morning and in the afternoon.

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