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Airport repairs runway damaged by wayward plane

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jabara Airort in Wichita is making plans to repair the runway damaged when a massive cargo plane that mistakenly landed on it last year.

The airport intends to hire a contractor to replace the damaged pavement early next year. A 747 cargo plane, called the Dreamlifter, landed on it instead of at McConnell Air Force Base, nine miles to the south.

The Wichita Eagle reported that Dreamlifters are much heavier than Jabara’s runway was designed to handle.

Brad Christopher, the Wichita Airport Authority assistant director, says the fractures are not a safety issue now. It is unknown how much repairs will cost.

New York-based Atlas Air contracts with Boeing to operate the planes, and the airport plans to ask Atlas to pick up the cost.

 

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