[RckyRaCoCo]

So the next question becomes, (assuming the FEDEX info is correct)they were able to open 06/24 10-15 minutes AFTER the crash...those were the only 2 aircraft landing(flightstats)1 hr. before and more than one hour after the crash(after all it's 5AM and KBHM isn't exactly KATL).

Under(somewhat)marginal VFR conditions, combined with a tricky approach(terrain)...why not allow both those aircraft to use the ILS...and either do the maintenance(runway center-line lights?)before or after their arrival?

[Moonman62]

Perhaps the maintenance was an 8 hour job and was scheduled to go to 8am. Stuff has to get fixed at some time.

I'd say that once the crash occurred, keeping the airport open was a top priority. The shorter runway would have been closed at that point. They only have the two runways.