PANJIM: A lightning strike occurred on Wednesday evening at the Manohar International Airport (MIA) at Mopa, damaging the runway edge lights, airport sources said.
“The incident happened at 5.15 pm. The MIA took Notice to airmen (NOTAM) up to 8pm, by which time the damaged lights were rectified to bring the airport operations to normalcy. During the NOTAM, 6 flights were diverted to nearby destinations,” the sources said.
“Inconvenience caused to the passengers is sincerely regretted. Such natural calamities are beyond human control,” sources added.
