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An Indian Air Force aircraft remained stuck on runway at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, disrupting all flights to and from one of the highest commercial airports in the world...
"A C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft is facing serviceability issues and is on the runway at Leh," ANI quoted IAF officials as saying...
Flights by Indian carriers, including Air India, Vistara, SpiceJet and IndiGo either returned or were diverted to nearby Chandigarh and Srinagar due to closure of the airport...
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