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Old 9th Sep 2006, 10:45
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DirtyPierre
 
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Cairns had a pavement failure where the old pavement and the new work meet. Bits of bitumen everywhere.

I wasn't told what caused the failure, but R33 available for arrivals, 1839m available. R15 for departures. Eventually situation resolved a few hours later. Runway works to continue tonight.
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