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