HCM City, Aug. 1 -- The Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM), in collaboration with relevant units, has conducted safety inspection flights at Long Thanh International Airport to evaluate air navigation procedures and verify operational readiness.

The test flights were carried out using a Beechcraft King Air 350ER, a specialised aircraft used to test, calibrate and evaluate the accuracy of runway lighting systems, Instrument Landing System (ILS) precision approach systems, navigation lights, landing lights, as well as a number of other information and monitoring equipment.

By the morning of August 1, two test flights had been completed successfully. Both flights departed from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Min...