Gloucestershire Airport: Engineers complete burst water pipe repairs

Severn Trent said solving the issue had been "challenging"

Repair work has been completed on a pipe which sent a fountain of water into the air near an airport runway.

The pipe burst at Gloucestershire Airport on 21 September, sending a 30m (100ft) fountain of water skywards.

The airport said a valve main had been accidentally damaged by a third-party contractor working on the field.

Severn Trent said the repairs were completed on Monday afternoon after engineers had worked around the clock since the original leak.

The company said repairs had been challenging as engineers worked to ensure the wider network was unaffected.

Simon Merry, Severn Trent Tactical Control Lead, said: "We're pleased to say that our teams have now successfully completed the complex repairs following the third-party damage to one of our 36in pipes at Gloucester Airport.

"Our teams have been working 24/7 on the pipe, one of the biggest in the Severn Trent network, since it was damaged last week.

"The repairs were completed on Monday afternoon and customer water supplies had remained unaffected throughout the incident.

"We'd like to thank everybody, including the airport staff, for their support and patience while we carried out these challenging repairs."

The company had earlier said that due to the size and location of the pipe, fully stopping the flow of water without any wider impact had proved challenging.

Teams reduced the flow into the pipe but were unable to lower it to a point where they could work on it.

Water from the burst pipe spread across the airfield over several days