Flesland have never experienced anything like this – BergensAvisen

Flesland have never experienced anything like this – BergensAvisen

Last: Flesland is opened and traffic is back to normal.

The violent squall weather in the Houston area Saturday evening created in the 1800s-era problems at the airport.

– We have two challenges right now. After it has been built again with us, leaking water into it now because of extremely heavy rainfall. We have professionals in place to assess the damage, said airport manager Aslak Sverdrup Bergen Airport Flesland in the 1830 period.

– We also had lightning strikes the tower, which allows our fire and rescue resources must check out automatic fire messages. When lightning strikes the tower, is the mass alarms, and there are those we need to check now.

In connection with this work had to revise down Flesland category on the runway. This means they can not receive equal plane as normal.

Here you can see the departures and arrivals at the airport.

CALLED IN ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO wiper FLOOR

In 1915 Sverdrup time could tell that traffic at the airport again running normally.

– We opened the runway again around the clock in 1840, so there is traffic normally. We evacuated the terminal for ten minutes after the fire alarm went off, but the occupants were inside again before the runway was opened.

Airport boss says that the incident has had little impact on air travel, beyond two flights that were 15 and 30 minutes late.

– We are fortunate to have little traffic on a Saturday.

There is still busy for the staff after the leak.

– The water has entered both the ground and through the air ducts. It is draining both in such systems and around the building, but it has just spilled, says Sverdrup, who have not experienced such a thing at the airport before.

– We have never had before at all. It was extremely heavy rainfall, said airport manager, who has called in extra staff to deal with the leak.

We run some follow-up work, for there is water in both the main terminal and heliport. There are many who wiper floors and removes water here now, he says.

– But it does not affect travelers. Not otherwise than that the floor is slippery.

The travelers have taken the situation with composure, said airport manager.

– We have not had any stressful situations, but we have a fire alarm that we are struggling to shut down, and this makes people a little insecure. When we talk to them and tell them that we do not get screwed fire the message off. We have a technician look at it.

swerving effort

– Got instruments in the tower damage when lightning struck?

– not someone who keeps us from flying normally, no.

Sverdrup concedes, however, that one could notice the lightning strike.

– It smelled scorched the tower afterwards.

too early to estimate the extent of damage

duty meteorologist at Vestlig country has predicted more thunderstorms both Saturday evening and Sunday. Sverdrup says Flesland observe weather conditions continuously.

– Are you ready for more of this?

– We værovervåking and look more showers so we follow slvfølgelig with.

– Have the water caused permanent damage?

– It is too early to say .