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Source: Jordan Times, AmmanSept.儲存倉 04--AMMAN -- A Royal Jordanian (RJ) Tripoli-to-Amman flight landed at Amman's Queen Alia International Airport on Monday evening after being delayed because insurgents detained passengers on a Libyan aircraft at Tripoli airport forcing its closure for several hours, Al Rai daily reported.RJ Spokesperson Basel Kilani told The Jordan Times in a phone interview that the aircraft landed in Amman at around 9pm with all 120 passengers and members of the crew on board.He added that air traffic to and from Libya resumed according to schedule after Tripoli airport reopened at around noon.Gunmen seized a Libyan aircraft parked on the tarmac in front of the RJ plane, causing the delay and the airport's closure, Al Rai quoted Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission President Mohammad Quraan as saying."The aircraft was on the ground and denied permission to take off a迷你倉價錢 the runway was unexpectedly closed for reasons not immediately explained by the competent authorities," Quraan said, dismissing claims that the RJ airplane was forcibly "held at Tripoli international airport".RJ operates flights to the Libyan cities of Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi.Armed gunmen had caused the closure of Tripoli's international airport in April this year, as clashes between rival Libyan insurgents erupted on the tarmac, causing the airport to cancel flights, Reuters reported.After the toppling of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi in 2011, the country has been dealing with security issues as rival groups armed with weapons from the revolution make it hard for the government to establish order, according to Reuters.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) Visit the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) at .jordantimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
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