VASCO: Flight operations at Dabolim International Airport were affected on Friday evening after an Indian Navy aircraft made an emergency landing at the runway.
Goa Airport Director S V T Dhanamjaya Rao said the runway was closed from 4.50 pm to 6.30 pm and as a result, three flights were diverted to Mopa International Airport while another flight was diverted to Mumbai.
Rao said flights which were diverted to Mopa were Indigo Airlines flight from Bengaluru to Goa, Indigo Airlines flight from Lucknow to Goa and Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Goa.
However, the flight operations resumed after 6.30 pm and were back to normal schedule, Rao said.