September 12 (SeeNews) - Flag carrier Air Serbia has cancelled flights to 15 destinations on Wednesday after Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was closed temporarily due to an accident, corporate communications manager Nikola Vukomanovic said.
A total of seven arrivals were redirected to airports in Serbia and neighbouring countries, Vukomanovic said in a video file posted on the website of Tanjug news agency.
"Four flights were diverted to Nis, and one to Timisoara, Sofia and Zagreb each," Vukomanovic said.
Belgrade airport was temporarily closed early on Wednesday due to an accident during the arrival of an Egypt Air jet, the executive director of airport operator Aerodrom Nikola Tesla [BEL:AERO], Zarko Suvacarov, said earlier.
"An emergency situation occurred at the airport after an Egypt Air jet operating a charter flight landed with burst tires, blocking the runway," Suvacarov said in a video file posted on the website of public broadcaster RTS.
The aircraft carried no passengers and no crew members were injured during the accident, according to Serbian media reports.
The airport is expected to reopen on Wednesday afternoon, Serbia's infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic said in comments aired live by private broadcaster TV Prva.