China: canceled 190 flights due to fog

Due to the heavy fog, on February 21, Beijing International Airport was forced to cancel 190 flights, of which 91 flights were and 99 flights were taken.

Airport authorities have mobilized more than 500 taxis and 100 buses running short routes to help bring stranded airport passengers back to their resting places, but the exact number of passengers affected undisclosed.

According to a Beijing International Airport official, the dense fog began covering Beijing at 3 am 21-2, with views in many places below 50 m. Airport authorities have applied a number of temporary security measures to cope with the weather at 4:40 am and started canceling bulk flights at 6.30am. At 12pm, the visibility at the airport was less than 100m, causing 200 flights to be delayed and another 30 canceled.

To ensure order at the airport, airport authorities have called for more than 200 employees to suspend Tet holidays to answer questions from passengers, answer general information, guide and clean up the pulse area. around the terminus .

Mist also hampered road traffic, causing seven major roads in Beijing and 10 other roads in Tianjin to be temporarily closed. According to the weather agency's forecast, fog will also affect the central and eastern regions of China in the next 10 days.

Slowly cars lined up in the thick fog of Beijing on February 21
(Photo: TTO)

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