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Hannover (dpa) – In front of the Terminal B dashboards is a young pilot. He wonders if the machine that he is supposed to start from the Hanover airport in the morning actually takes off.
"The arrival flight was diverted to Paderborn," he says to his companion. A feeling of insecurity at the end of Tuesday night is also felt by many travelers at Airport Hannover. Unsuspecting and full of anticipation, dozens of pbadengers have come to take the plane to their holiday destination in Turkey, Egypt, Spain or Greece. But the heat destroys their plans.
In the current high temperatures, three plates of the north runway in the middle were broken, said a spokesman for the airport. The track had to be repaired at night, they said. The plane could not start or land on the southern runway because it was closed for renovations. A few hours later, the all-clear comes. At six o'clock – about twelve hours after closing – the first plane landed again in Hanover. At 6:30, the first flight to Amsterdam began. The check-in counter had already reopened at 3:00.
Stranded travelers are especially interested Tuesday night when they can take the next machine to their holiday destination. The airline had told him that today there is no flight available in the Turkey says Michael Scheller. It is at the earliest possible Thursday. Despite the frustration of the holidays, he understands the decision of the airport: "On the other hand, it is reasonable that the runway be broken, so react," says the Soest District traveler, who wanted fly to Hurghada with his wife and daughter.
The airport site said in the evening: "Please, do NOT travel to the airport at the moment." Pbadengers stranded there should go home if possible, according to the speaker announcements at the airport. At night, the fire department wanted to install at least 50 beds. "We are not prepared for such a thing – on the scale," says the director of the Hannover Airport Terminal. Normally, fewer people need to be cured during the night, for example when a flight fails. In addition to the beds, there are also blankets and drinks.
Already Tuesday evening, 41 scheduled departures were affected by the closure according to the information of the airport. Thousands of pbadengers had to stay on the ground. An exact number was not available at the beginning. In addition, 44 landings were affected. The airmen had to move to other airports such as Düsseldorf.
After the excitement of the early hours, queues at airline counters shorten before midnight. People play cards together, drink coffee, call or just wait. "We'll be here tomorrow morning," Perihan Seyfi said. The young woman wanted to fly to relatives in Antalya with her husband and two children for four weeks. They hope that the departure is only slightly delayed.
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