Thousands of passengers supposed to fly to and from Jammu on Friday were stranded in the temple town and airports across the country. With the Indian Air Force (IAF) suddenly deciding to close the runway for heavy planes like Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320, no private airline took off or landed in Jammu on Friday — a day after the festival of Navratre ended and scores of Mata Vaishno Devi devotees were to fly in and out of Jammu. “Neither the civilian air traffic control, nor airlines were aware of…
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