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Port Blair airport deluged, services affected

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Press Trust of India Port Blair
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 9:08 PM IST

As the airport and the terminal building is submerged under over 1.5 feet of water, no flights could land or take off from the airport here. Almost 207 mm of rainfall was recorded after very heavy rains last night, the weather office here said.

Three Air India, Air Deccan and Jet Airways flight could not land and returned to eastern metropolis this morning. An Air Deccan and Air India flight to Chennai also could not take off, the sources added.

"Water has just started receding. We have shut down the power plant. By today evening, we hope to clear everything and restore normalcy. Everything is under control now," Airport Controller R De Cruz said, adding that most of the passengers were given accommodation in hotels. For the remaining passengers, rest rooms in the airport has been opened. "We are giving them our rest rooms and whatever facilities we have at the airport for passengers," he said, adding that the water gushed into the terminal building around 0620 hours.

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