It’s unclear whether any planes scheduled for service will remain grounded. The civil aviation authority’s managing director, Francis Argueta Aguirre, had also met with leaders from the National Institute of Seismology at the airport on Tuesday, to review the state of La Aurora’s runways.Ī message posted to the agency’s website on Wednesday morning confirmed an end to the temporary closure of La Aurora as of 7 a.m. Soldiers sweep volcanic ash from the runway at La Aurora International airport, which has been closed due to an eruption at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala City, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Photos and video shared the DGAC show aircraft crews cleaning ash from the airport’s tarmacs, with pavement-sweeping vehicles and some devices resembling large leaf-blowers. In a news release, the DGAC confirmed that nine planes were grounded on Tuesday, while another was diverted to Los Angeles from El Salvador. The decision to shut down La Aurora was made at the recommendation of Guatemala’s National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, according to the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), the country’s civil aviation authority. Guatemala City’s international airport is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday after aviation authorities officially grounded all planes and closed the facility amid the eruption of the Pacaya volcano.Īsh from the volcano, located approximately 30 miles south of Guatemala’s capital city, was blown north over the La Aurora International Airport (GUA) by a change in wind on Tuesday, coating planes and runways at the air hub. Stolen Dodge Charger wrecks at 120 mph on camera while fleeing policeīiden’s dogs are back at the White House after biting someone, Psaki saysīoulder residents remember Officer Eric Talley, shooting victims with memorials
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