Red alert lifted airspace flight delay returning to normal | flight delays _ news
Xinhuanet, Beijing, July 27 (reporters Qian Chun and and Jia Yuankun)-our 27th release of the air traffic control sector of flights delayed a red alert has been lifted, Xiamen runs regional flights are gradually recovering. Other regional Orange and yellow alerts have been lifted, airport traffic returns to normal.
Reporters learned from the CAAC air traffic management Bureau, civil aviation authority air traffic management Bureau, 27th morning flights delayed red alert 10:30 to 12 o'clock on the day of the Xiamen airport airspace is expected busy, banned from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock a runway during takeoff and landing flights were affected, capacity 77%. It was CAAC air traffic management Bureau since the public release of flights delayed early warning, issued a red alert for the first time. 27th, with flights delayed warning lifted, regional traffic returned to normal in Xiamen, currently runs flights are gradually recovering.
According to reports, comes as China's thunderstorm season, 27th all suffered short thunderstorms, inbound and outbound flights were affected. Up to 18 o'clock, airport flights canceled 55 times, flights delayed 126; Shanghai HongQiao airport flights canceled 90 times, flights delays 249; Pudong airport flights canceled 40 times, delays flights into and out of 270 times. Guangzhou and Shenzhen Airport delay in varying degrees. Civil aviation air traffic management Bureau on 27th evening issued a massive flight delays and yellow warning is expected on 28th at 13 o'clock until 17 o'clock convective clouds, which may affect the HongQiao and Pudong of Shanghai and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport runs. Estimated capacity of Shanghai's two airports down 36%.
Based on the number of flight delays, longer and run deeper, massive flight delays at the airport early-warning response from low to high is divided into general, heavy, serious and particularly serious of four levels, followed by blue, yellow, Orange and red. Under normal circumstances, flights delayed for more than 1 hour at the airport and continued to 15-20 of them could not be determined, or is expected to delay flights over 4 hours to 20-30 movements, and blue alerts. Airport out Hong Kong flights delays 1 hours above and cannot determines took off time of reached 20-30 sorties, or is expected to delays over 4 hours of flights reached 30-50 sorties, for yellow warning; airport out Hong Kong flights delays 1 hours above and cannot determines took off time reached 30-50 sorties, or is expected to delays over 4 hours of flights reached 50-90 sorties, for Orange warning; airport out Hong Kong flights delays 1 hours above and cannot determines took off time reached 50 sorties above, Estimated delay over 4 hours for flights of more than 90, a red alert.
(Edit: SN123)July 27, 2014, at 20:24 Xinhua NET