They have said recent heavy rains have damaged the runway. This runway has just sort of grown over the decades. It's not very level and kind of undulates over the volcanic terrain. The Avro wont be servicing St. Helena. This was a one-off charter flight that had to go to Namibe in Angola just to reach ST. Helena at maximum range and reduced payload. Africa's corrupt aviation politics reared it's ugly head as there was a delay over who was going to pay for the re-fueling.