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8 hours delay for a Milan-Palermo Air One flight

Palermo, Italy - Palermo airport closed for sirocco and Catania, Trapani and Rome airports overcrowded

Many discomforts yesterday for travellers who flew to Palermo, Sicily, because of sirocco winds forcing "Falcone-Borsellino" Airport to close for most of the daytime (see AVIONEWS for details). The Sicilian air station is endowed with a second runway, called "Sirocco Runway", used in case of strong Southern winds, but it is closed for rebuilding works until May 19 (see AVIONEWS for details). Airplanes...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139033
Rome, Italy, 04/11/2006 12:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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