Thunderstorms cause Beijing flight diversions

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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