/ 2 November 2007

‘Stuck’ plane disrupts Cape Town flights

Flights in and out of Cape Town International Airport were delayed on Friday after a plane became ”stuck” on a runway, the Airports Company South Africa said.

Spokesperson Deidre Hendricks said in a statement that the plane ”got stuck on the main runway” just before 3pm.

The runway has been temporarily closed as a result, causing delays to both inbound and outbound flights, she said.

”We are working hard to clear the aircraft off the runway,” she added.

Passengers from the plane told a local radio station that the plane stopped after landing, turned, went off the runway and got ”stuck”.

Emergency vehicles were summoned, and the passengers disembarked safely. — Sapa