The incident occurred during the Navy’s operational hours at the Goa airport, which shares the runway with the Navy between 8.30am and 12.30pm for sorties and other exercises
The airport will now launch flights to international destinations. Air India will become the first carrier to operate cross-border flights from the airport.
Passengers, who arrived on later flights, were left without taxi services even as bus services to the main towns and cities of Goa were available throughout the day