Cape Town airport runway closed after plane's tyres fail on landing

The main runway at Cape Town International Airport is temporarily closed after a Kenya Airways plane's tyres failed on landing, diverting flights to other airports.

Cape Town airport runway closed after plane's tyres fail on landing
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​The ‌main runway at ​Cape Town International Airport ‌is temporarily closed after a Kenya Airways plane's tyres failed ‌on landing, South Africa's ‌airports operator said on Tuesday. Airports Company South Africa ⁠said ​in ⁠a statement that the plane was ⁠disabled on the runway.

All ​arriving flights are being diverted ⁠to other airports, the statement ⁠said, ​adding that domestic departures continued to operate ⁠but international departures could ⁠not ⁠for now.

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