Thursday, August 14, 2008

Photos: Damaged runway and transformers caused by lightening





CJIA night operations successfully restarted

This evening it has been confirmed by a senior official of the CJIA, Timehri that the airport runway is once again fully operational with the portable omni directional runway lights.

The first international flight to touchdown at CJIA was Liat 869 at 7.30 pm. As the night flights have resumed the management of CJIA is currently in the process of repairing the damaged, permanently fixed runway lights network which was destroyed by severe lightening.