Lighting outage at Lima airport causes dozens of flights to be canceled or diverted

LIMA – Lima International Airport suspended flights for almost 12 hours overnight due to a failure of the lighting system on its only runway, affecting thousands of passengers, its operating company announced on June 3.

More than 120 flights to and from Peru’s main Jorge Chavez Airport had to be canceled and dozens of incoming planes were diverted to other airports in Peru or neighboring countries, Lima Airport Partners said in a statement .

Regular flights resumed on the morning of June 3 after a short circuit in the runway lighting system was repaired.

Work is underway at the airport to build a second runway, scheduled to open by the end of the year. AFP