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Heavy fog strands 2,000 passengers in central China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-13 20:55 CHANGSHA -- More than 2,000 passengers were stranded at the airport in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, on Saturday due to heavy fog. According to an unnamed official with the Huanghua International Airport, visibility was between 1,000 and 1,200 meters, lower than the required 1,400 meters for safe flights. As a result, 21 flights into the airport and 18 outbound flights were delayed starting at 10 a.m.. One flight from Urumqi of northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Shenzhen of southern Guangdong Province that transferred in Changsha was cancelled. Flights resumed at 1:22 p.m.. Special sections were set up for passengers to change or return their tickets. |
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