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Goa's Dabolim International airport services suspended for 2 hours
Updated On: 08 June, 2019 03:08 PM IST | | mid-day online desk
A spokesperson for the airport said that Indian Navy personnel were at the site, cleaning the fuel from the runway and carrying out repairs along the stretch

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All flight operations at Goa's Dabolim International Airport have been suspended for two hours on Saturday afternoon after a detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K aircraft fell on the runway, spilling fuel and causing minor damage to the landing and take-off strip, an AAI spokesperson said.
All flight operations at #Goa's #DabolimInternationalAirport have been suspended for two hrs on June 8 afternoon after a detachable fuel tank attached to a #MiG29K aircraft fell on the runway, spilling fuel and causing minor damage to the landing and take-off strip. pic.twitter.com/HnCJXhdFmN
— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) June 8, 2019
"Due to jettisoned fuel tank on the runway during MiG sortie the operations are closed for two hours at Goa airport. Pl bear with us," Airport Authority of India (AAI) Goa tweeted on its official Twitter handle on Saturday afternoon.


