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Runway incident causes minimal impact to <\/span><\/span>flight <\/span><\/span>operations at VC Bird International Airport<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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VC Bird International fully operational <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span> April, 2024<\/span><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/span>Flights in and out of the VC Bird International Airport continue to operate normally and on schedule<\/span><\/span> following an incident late <\/span><\/span>Sunday<\/span><\/span> afternoon where asphalt fragments of the runway were dislodged during the departure of a commercial carrier. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

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The maintenance crew was immediately <\/span><\/span>mobilised<\/span><\/span> following the incident, which did not cause any major or negative impact to flight operations at the airport.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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The work to repair the affected area of the runway continued <\/span><\/span>well into the night on Monday and is now fully completed<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To allow for the corrective maintenance to move ahead speedily, the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority reduced the declared runway operation distances to keep flight arrivals and departures on schedule<\/span><\/span> during the course of<\/span><\/span> Monday<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Minister of Aviation, the Hon. Charles Fernandez, who was at the airport <\/span><\/span>on Sunday<\/span><\/span> to get an up-close assessment of the damage, commended the team at the airport <\/span><\/span>and the Ministry of Works <\/span><\/span>for their speedy and professional attention to the incident. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The runway was closed at 5pm today (Monday 1<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span> April) local time to allow the Ministry of Works to <\/span><\/span>gain <\/span><\/span>unimpeded access <\/span><\/span>to<\/span><\/span>complete the corrective maintenance work. The runway <\/span><\/span>reopened<\/span><\/span> at 7:30pm on Monday night<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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