
Thunderstorms cause Beijing flight diversions
4/20/2012
Published on Apr 20, 2012
Thunderstorms over Beijing on Thursday morning caused several inbound fl ights to be diverted to the port city of Qingdao. Xinhua reported a spokesperson for Qingdao’s Liuting Airport as saying that by 8am yesterday, at least nine Beijing-bound fl ights had diverted to Qingdao, aff ecting approximately 1,100 passengers. The fl ights were from Osaka, Tokyo, Shanghai, Haikou, Sanya, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Taizhou and Chongqing, the airport said.
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