MIA runways temporarily closed following 'incident' with light aircraft

Runways reopen following closure of roughly 30 minutes

Malta International Airport runways were temporarily closed on Monday afternoon following an incident involving a light aircraft.

Runways were closed as a precaution while the aircraft was safely cleared. Nobody was injured in the incident.

The plane involved – a TECNAM P2002S - was involved in an incident on the airfield at around 5pm.

Runways were reopened at 5.33pm, with only minor delays to roughly a dozen flights reported. 

An MIA spokesperson said that an investigation into the cause of the incident is under way and apologised to passengers for any inconvenience caused. 

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