"The resumption of air traffic at Montpellier airport, closed since Saturday morning after the runway excursion of a cargo plane, could take place "at the start of the week" if the operations to free the damaged plane succeed, announced this Sunday the prefect of Hérault. “I cannot yet give you a precise timetable, we hope in any case that at the beginning of next week the flights can resume”, indicated the representative of the State, Hugues Moutouh, during a press point on the airport tarmac. Since Saturday, flights departing or due to arrive at this airport, located on the Mediterranean coast and which sees up to 197,000 passengers transit per month in the summer season, have been either canceled or diverted."