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Fuel-supply glitch holds up flights at OR International Airport

OR Tambo Airport was hit by "challenges" from its fuel storage facility to the main hydrant system, which resulted in International and local flight delays. Airports Company South Africa is onsite and has resolved the issue.
Fuel-supply glitch holds up flights at OR International Airport Airliners on the tarmac at OR Tambo International Airport. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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By Bloomberg
28 Dec 2022
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A glitch in OR Tambo International Airport’s fuel-supply system resulted in major flight delays.

The airport, South Africa’s busiest, has been “experiencing challenges with fuel supply from its fuel storage facility to the main hydrant system”, Airports Company South Africa said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday. “Technicians are onsite and have resolved the issue.”

International and local flights had been delayed because of the technical fault.

Read in Daily Maverick: “Flight suspensions loom as Cape Town Airport faces jet fuel shortage”

The airport handles 21 million passengers a year and facilitates 53 aircraft movements every hour, according to the company’s website. DM/Bloomberg

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