KATHMANDU, Nov 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, has come to a halt, after the edge lights in the runway stopped working, following a short circuit, according to a senior airport official, today.
Several domestic and international flights have been diverted to different locations, following the airport disruptions. “The problems with the lights were reported in the morning. The fault line has not been detected yet,” Hansa Raj Pandey, director general at the airport, told Xinhua, adding that, they were expecting the problem to be fixed by 9:30 p.m. local time, this evening.
Takeoffs and landings were not affected during the daytime, Pandey said. However, the airport came to a halt, after darkness fell in the evening.– NNN-XINHUA
