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Southern Air Transport Landing Causes Airport Closure


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What: Southern Air Transport Boeing 747-200 freighter en route from Charleston,SC to Liege Belgium
Where: Liege
When: Dec 11th 2011
Who: 5 crew
Why: On approach to Liege, the pilots encountered issues with the hydraulic systems.

The flight made a safe landing in Liege.

After allowing the Southern Air Transport flight to land, the Liege airport shut down, forcing in bound traffic to divert to other airports.