Kolkata: Flight operations at Kolkata airport were suspended for 20 minutes on Tuesday evening after a crater was detected on the northern end of the primary runway. Four incoming flights had to hover over the city till operations commenced on the secondary runway.
Sources said the captain of a Jet Airways flight noticed the crater around 6.30pm. He immediately suspended takeoff and informed the ATC. A team then arrived to check the damaged section and after inspection decided to shift operations to the secondary runway.
01/05/13 Times of India
