Kathmandu's airport closed after runway light failure

Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu has come to a halt after the edge lights in the runway stopped working following a short circuit, according to a senior airport official on Saturday, reported Xinhua. Several domestic and international flights have been diverted to different locations following the airport disruptions. "The problems with the lights were reported in the morning. The fault line has not been detected yet," Hansa Raj Pandey, director general at the airport, told Xinhua, adding that they were expecting the problem to be fixed by 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday. Takeoffs and landings were not affected during the daytime, Pandey said. However, the airport came to a halt after darkness fell in the evening.