BY STAFF REPORTER
Flights were disrupted at Victoria Falls International Airport on Thursday after a fire broke out at the basement of the air traffic control tower the previous night.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) said the fire, which was caused by an electric fault, was quickly contained without any injuries or damage to property.
“ The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe wishes to apologise to all its valued customers for the flight operations disruption, which occurred this morning due to a fire incident as a result of an electrical fault in the basement of the Air Traffic Control Tower at Victoria Falls International Airport,” CAAZ said in a statement on Thursday.
“The fire, which occurred on the evening of 10 July 2024, was contained without further incident or damage, and no one was injured.
“The Authority would like to advise that the situation has normalised and that flight operations have since been restored as of 10:18 hours this morning.”
In March, an aircraft carrying President Emmerson Mnangagwa aborted a landing at the Victoria Falls International Airport after authorities said they had received an email of a “credible bomb –firearm threat.”
The email was allegedly sent by a person calling himself John Doe and this forced the authorities to tighten security at all the country’s airports.
A South African national, who was arrested on allegations that he was the John Doe, was acquitted by the courts following a swift trial.