An official with the Beijing Capital Airport said on Tuesday that all the 33 flights that were postponed due to a failure in the airport's take-off computer system have departed.

According to the official, who asked not to be named, said the airport's take-off computer system broke down at 13:28 p.m. on Tuesday, leading to the postponement of 33 flights within 40 minutes. The system was restored at 14:18 p.m. said the official, adding that the incident is still under investigation.

He didn't say how many passengers were affected by the incident and what flights were affected.

(Xinhua News Agency October 11, 2006)