Hyderabad: It may take a few more days for the air services to be restored at the Visakhapatnam airport what with the radar and navigational aids battered by Cyclone Hudhud. The runway is under a sheet of water and also the roof of the airport having been partially ripped apart by the 195-kmph cyclone on Sunday afternoon. Presently only heavy military choppers are able to land in the marooned airport. Sources said the authorities want to make the airport functional, but it will be more than a week before the passenger terminals are brought back to shape.
Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju is expected to fly to Bhubaneswar from Delhi on Tuesday and take the road to the Port City to assess the damage. This is even as two teams of civil aviation technicians and other Airport Authority of India officials flew out from Chennai and Hyderabad respectively on Monday to travel to Visakhapatnam. The teams flew to Rajahmundry and travelled 180 km to Visakhapatnam from there by road. The distance from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam is nearly 400 km by road.
14/10/14 Times of India
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Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju is expected to fly to Bhubaneswar from Delhi on Tuesday and take the road to the Port City to assess the damage. This is even as two teams of civil aviation technicians and other Airport Authority of India officials flew out from Chennai and Hyderabad respectively on Monday to travel to Visakhapatnam. The teams flew to Rajahmundry and travelled 180 km to Visakhapatnam from there by road. The distance from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam is nearly 400 km by road.
14/10/14 Times of India
