![Mitiga international airport [Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MiG23s_12573874093-e1565941914538.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
The Administration of Mitiga International Airport announced the closure of airspace to traffic, after being subject to indiscriminate shelling.
During a statement released on Thursday, the airport administration declared that as a result of the airport bombing, the plane of the Afriqiyah Airways was forced to land at Misrata airport.
Read: Libyans are divided over kidnapped MP
The statement did not specify whether there were material or human losses as a result of the bombing, or the party responsible for it. However, Libya’s Alahrar TV Channel quoted an unnamed source suggesting that one person was killed and another was wounded as a result of the bombing.
The airspace to the airport is closed until further notice, said the statement.