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By Hanan Al-Qaisi
KUWAIT, June 25 (KUNA) -- A U.S. cargo plane has stopped for 40 minutes on
Wednesday on runway of Kuwait International Airport due to malfunction of the
tow truck which was tugging it to its runway.
The tow-truck, belonging to an aviation service provider malfunctioned at
the entrance of the runway, Chairman of Kuwait Directorate General of Civil
Aviation Fawaz Al-Farah told KUNA.
The incident delayed the departure of the U.S. military cargo plane for 40
minutes, he pointed out.
Technicians rushed to the site of the incident to fix the malfunction and
disengage the tow-tuck from the plane.
The plane took off after the incident which necessitated rescheduling of
the three subsequent flights of Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways and Jazeera
Airways respectively, Al-Farah added. (end)
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