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Mumbai: Airport shuts after runway excursion
Updated On: 04 June, 2020 06:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Gaurav Sarkar
All flights were suspended after an aircraft over-shot the runway; airport earlier said it would operate few flights

While the airport was closed for a while, 20 flights were operated in all. Pic/Shadab Khan
With Cyclone Nisarga on the way, Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) announced shortly after Tuesday midnight that it would be operating a less number of flights on Wednesday (June 3). But after an inbound flight from Bengaluru gave authorities at the airport a temporary scare, due to runway excursion, an announcement was made that no arrivals or departures would take place between 14:30-19:00 hours."
In a media statement at around 12.30 AM on Wednesday by GVK MIAL, which manages CSMIA, it was said that the airport would operate a total of 19 flights, which would include 11 departures and 8 arrivals on June 3. This was much less than the average number of flights that the airport has been handling since domestic flights resumed on May 25 i.e. 25 arrivals and 25 departure per day. The 20 flights on Wednesday were operated by five airlines which include Air India, Air Asia India, IndiGo, GoAir and SpiceJet. Airport authorities warned that there could be changes to the schedule and that passengers were "requested to check the schedule with their respective airline before leaving for the airport."

