Fedex plane declared emergency before landing in El Dorado

On the night of this Wednesday, March 30, the Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia reported that a Boeing 747 aircraft from the parcel company Fedex, coming from San Juan de Puerto Rico, declared an emergency due to a possible failure in the left train prior to its landing at Bogotá's El Dorado international airport.

According to the entity, the aircraft with registration 205 flew over the capital's air terminal for a few minutes, and after carrying out the respective security checks, landed smoothly on the southern runway of El Dorado, however, due to these maneuvers and weather conditions, significant delays could occur in the operations to and from the airport.

“The maneuver resulted in the temporary suspension of operations. This situation is in addition to the adverse weather conditions in recent hours around El Dorado International Airport related to heavy rain and thunderstorms,” said Aeronáutica Civil in the statement.

In this regard, Aerocivil recommended that users remain in contact with their airlines due to possible changes that may occur in flight schedules, which could be affected by this incident.

Colombia invested $655 billion pesos in 30 airports

With an investment of more than $655 billion pesos, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics is developing works in 30 air terminals in the country to guarantee the provision of the service.

Bogota's El Dorado Airport

There are three projects worth $144,295 million, which are expected to be delivered approximately in June and July.

The first project involves the rehabilitation of the south runway and routine maintenance of the airside areas of the airport, worth $74.07 billion. The second is for the completion of the Lima taxiway, construction of the box culvert (overpass) and complementary works for $66,775 million. Finally, the third project consists of carrying out the comprehensive maintenance of the search, rescue service, control tower and the Aeronautical Management Center, which has a value of $3,449 million.

Guillermo Leon Valencia Popayan Airport

$58.113 million pesos have been invested in two works, which will be delivered, according to the schedules, between the months of June and July.

The first project is the construction of the terminal building and the airport platform for $56,957 million. In the second work, infrastructure maintenance is being carried out. These works are scheduled to be delivered between the months of June and July of this year.

Reyes Murillo de Nuqui Airport (Choco)

With a total investment of $57,443 million, improvements are being made to the airport, such as the expansion of the runway, the adaptation of safety strips and maintenance on the ground side and the air side. This project will be delivered in August.

Antonio Nariño de Pasto Airport

In the capital of Nariño, a project to modernize the airport is being carried out, in which $51.35 billion of the $56.35 billion budgeted for the work has been invested. According to Civil Aeronautics, 89,587 square meters of runway and 177,062 square meters of security areas have been rehabilitated. Among the pending actions are the drainage and routine maintenance works of the air and land side areas, which will be completed by the month of September.

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