Oman has said that the extension of the country's main airport in Muscat will be delayed by two years and may cost the state up to an extra $500m after runway excavations hit seawater, Reuters has reported. "The Muscat airport extension will now be completed in 2014, not in 2012 as expected due to soft ground which contractors come across in some places," a government official, who asked not to be named, told the news service.
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