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Leh airport authorities on Wednesday announced all commercial flights to and from the airport will be operating as per schedule on May 17 (the same day), as the runway was available for aircraft operations...
The development came after several flights to and from the Leh airport were cancelled on Tuesday, following a technical snag with a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force...
The defect with the aircraft was rectified and the runway was cleared at 2:30 am on Wednesday...
According to the details, the aircraft remained stuck at Leh Airport for several hours on Tuesday, which lead to flight cancellations at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee airport in Leh...
Meanwhile, several passengers took to Twitter and complained they were stuck at airports as several flights to Leh returned to their source on Tuesday...
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