Lightning causes runway damage -, Albany News, Weather, Sports
Lightning causes runway damage  July 29, 2005  Valdosta -
Lightning caused problems with air traffic at a South Georgia
airport.  Sometime between 8:00 and 10:00 Thursday night,
lightning struck the main runway at the Valdosta Regional
Airport and caused a huge break in the asphalt.  One flight
wasn't able to land and returned to Atlanta. Friday morning,
passengers who were supposed to be on that plane were bussed to
the Tallahassee airport.  "This is pretty significant damage,"
said Airport Director Bob Holliway. "Back in June we have some
minor damage from a lightning strike but with this one, we've
had to call in a company who does asphalt repairs."  One other
runway remained open throughout the night for commercial
traffic. The main runway was repaired and reopened Friday
afternoon.