Costa Rica closes airspace temporarily, suspends flights after power malfunction


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Sep 2025

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica on Wednesday suspended flights at its international airports and temporarily closed its airspace after a power malfunction affected a radar system, Civil Aviation's deputy director Luis Diego Saborio told Reuters.

"The whole airspace of the country has been affected," the transport ministry said.

(Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Sarah Morland)

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