The private jet that this Friday suffered a burst of two tires at Humberto Delgado airport, leading to the temporary closure of the runway, which forced 23 flights to diverge, landed in Lisbon to transport the Guinean President.
A source from the Guinea-Bissau Presidency confirmed to the Lusa agency that the private jet that had the accident landed in Lisbon to transport, on Saturday, the Guinean head of state, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, to Ghana, where he will participate in the Economic Community summit. of West African States (ECOWAS).
The operation at Humberto Delgado airport, in Lisbon, been interrupted since 17:14 and resumed at 18:53, said ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal.
“Operation at Humberto Delgado Airport was resumed at 18:53”, ANA said, noting that “due to this occurrence, 23 flights to the airports of Porto and Faro were diverted”.
The re-routing of affected passengers is now up to the airlines.
with LUSA
