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Kolkata-bound flights diverted

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KOLKATA: Eight Kolkata-bound flights including an Air India flight from London had to be diverted to other airports because of emergency repairs to the runway of the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International airport on Sunday.

The repairs were taken up after a portion of the runway was found to be damaged. All in-coming flights were diverted between 11.50 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. The cause of the damage is being enquired into.

The secondary runway at the airport could not be used for landing purposes as it remains closed for maintenance work. The different airlines authorities had earlier been informed that it would remain inoperative till the work is completed.

Normal services were resumed after 1.30 pm and some of the airlines whose flights had to be diverted were informed that they could resume their journeys to the city airport.

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