Mashhad Airport morning flights suspended, two main routes in Khorasan Razavi closed

Mashhad Airport Public Relations announced that due to a significant reduction in horizontal visibility, incoming flights to the airport were suspended from early Wednesday morning. Two main routes to Khorasan Razavi Province were also closed following the rains of the past few hours.

Hassan Jafari, public relations manager at Mashhad Airport, told the state-run IRNA news agency that flights have resumed since 5:40 a.m. and that the airport is currently operational and flights are taking place.

Mashhad International Airport is the second busiest airport in Iran after Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, and on average, between 180 and 250 incoming and outgoing flights are operated there daily.

At the same time, news has also been reported from Khorasan Razavi Province about the closure of two main routes.

As Colonel Hadi Omidvar, head of the Khorasan Razavi Traffic Police, announced on Wednesday morning, the routes "Kashmar to Koohsorkh due to landslides and flooding" and the route "Quchan to Sabzevar due to waterlogging on part of the road" have been closed.

According to the Meteorological Organization, a new wave of precipitation will enter Khorasan Razavi Province by Wednesday afternoon.

The Khorasan Razavi Meteorological Department had predicted heavy rains, flooding of rivers, and the possibility of disruption to the province's transportation system for the 6th and 7th of Farvardin.

Source: Radio Farda