Airport re-opens after 10,000 stranded over fog
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E-mail CRI, April 11, 2016
The Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport has resumed operations as of 2 pm on Sunday, following a temporary shutdown this morning.
![Flights were suspended at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on April 10, 2016, due to very low visibility caused by heavy fog. [Photo: weibo.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20160411/7427ea210acc187554da2e.jpg "Flights were suspended at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on April 10, 2016, due to very low visibility caused by heavy fog. [Photo: weibo.com]") |
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Flights were suspended at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on April 10, 2016, due to very low visibility caused by heavy fog. [Photo: weibo.com] |
Over 10,000 passengers were stranded at the airport on Sunday morning due to dense fog in the capital city of southwestern China's Sichuan Province.
The airport issued a red alert, its highest warning, at 9 am this morning, as the city saw the heaviest fog so far this year.
As a result, over 130 outbound flights were delayed, and at least 2 flights have already been cancelled.
In response, the Chengdu Shuangliu Airport will extend its operation hours on Sunday to minimize the impact of the extreme weather.
