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TIA resumes operation after three hours
Tribhuvan International Airport which was closed down, from 7 am on Friday, for maintenance of its runway has started operating.
bookmarkTribhuvan International Airport which was closed down, from 7 am on Friday, for maintenance of its runway has started operating. The airport halted its services for about three hours before resuming its services at 10 am today.
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Published at : June 5, 2015
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The landing strip has reportedly suffered cracks due to the arrival of a large number of heavy aircraft, especially those bringing in relief supplies following the April 25 Great quake.
As a result of the airport being shut down, some incoming aircrafts were diverted to nearby Indian cities. A Turkish Air plane was diverted to New Delhi while an aircraft of Oman Air landed in Lucknow, according to Bharat Kumar Shrestha, airport manager of Oman Air.
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