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KATHMANDU: Operations have resumed at the Kathmandu airport which was shut down briefly after four earthquakes struck Nepal in quick succession on Tuesday afternoon and airlines are diverting flights.
Nepalese authorities ordered the closure of the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu soon after the first earthquake of 7.3 magnitude struck, sparking panic in the Nepal capital.
People reportedly ran out into safety and the airport was swiftly evacuated. “The airport is closed for operations right now,” Birendra Prasad Shrestha, manager at the airport, told AFP.
Videos posted on social media showed people rushing out to the open and crowding the tarmac, many of them talking on the phone soon after the quake struck.
