21 марта 2015 01:22

Fresh out of reconstruction with cracks and dents: Uralsk landing strip

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A couple of weeks ago the Uralsk Airport refused to accept an Air Astana aircraft that was to arrive on schedule from Almaty at 15:40 on February 11. The airline received a message from the airport saying that it would not be accepting an aircraft weighing more than 46 tons. As a result, 96 passengers were stuck in the Almaty airport departure lounge.

Later, the second message informed that the airport was ready to allow the plane to land in Uralsk without imposing restrictions on its weight, but that It was an exceptional permission granted only for February 11. The plane finally took off from Almaty at 17:14.

This is not the first time that Uralsk Airport denied landing to Air Astana aircraft. The air harbor announced in late November last year that it had problems with its landing strip. According to the airport, the cement concrete pavement of the landing strip could not be treated with urea-based chemicals. This was allegedly the reason why aircraft of Air Astana and SCAT could not fly to Uralsk for some time. Air Astana resumed operations on January 12, 2015. SCAT is still not making any flights to Uralsk.

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