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Flight operations at Bajpe airport resume

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Press Trust of India Mangalore
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 12:52 AM IST

Flight operations, which had been suspended at the Bajpe airport here after an Air India aircraft crashed this morning, resumed in the afternoon today.

A Kingfisher flight from Bangalore with 25 passengers onboard landed at the airport at 1350 hours, airport sources said.

The Kingfisher flight was carrying a team of officials from DGCA, which would inspect the crash site.

Jet Airways, which operates four flights-- two each from Bangalore and Mumbai, cancelled a Boeing flight, airline sources said.
   
The second flight, which is an ATR, has been rescheduled.The other two flights from Mumbai have been delayed, the sources said.
   
The Mangalore-bound Air India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board crashed and caught fire after it overshot the new runway while landing at the Mangalore airport.

 

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