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Srinagar, Jammu, Leh airports closed for civilian air traffic
Updated On: 27 February, 2019 11:52 AM IST | | PTI
While the official did not specify the nature of the emergency, it is believed the step was taken in view of an IAF jet crashing in Budgam district this morning. Jammu and Leh airports have also been closed for civilian traffic
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Srinagar: Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were on Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid an escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan.
"The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the emergency," an official of the Airport Authority of India told PTI.
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