YAOUNDE, June 19 -- The N'Djamena-Hassan Djamous International Airport of Chad has resumed its regular international passenger flights after hours of suspension following an explosion at an ammunition depot, Senoussi Hassana Abdoulaye, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Chad, said on Wednesday afternoon.

Abdoulaye said in a statement that a Turkish Airlines plane with 58 passengers in transit and other aircraft were grounded at the airport overnight into Wednesday to preserve "the physical and material integrity of these fellow citizens and guest passengers but also of airport infrastructures and aircraft."

The explosion, which killed nine people and injured 46 others, occurred Tuesday night at the depot in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, where the airport is located.

"The takeoff of a regular flight of the ASKY company as well as several aircraft prove that the airport installations are spared," Abdoulaye said.

  - Xinhua