URUMQI, Feb. 3 (Chinese media) -- More than 3,600 people were stranded at an
airport in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tuesday after
thick fog affected 76 domestic flights.
Visibility in the Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, the regional
capital, dropped to 200 meters after 11 a.m. and then remained at about 300 m,
far less than the required level for take-offs.
Six flights were canceled, 11 were diverted to other cities and59 were
delayed, according to the airport administration.
Airport staff began to arrange flights in the evening to move the stranded
passengers.
The heavy fog also caused a road pile-up in the morning, killing three
people and injuring two others in Fukang City after a truck-car collision that
triggered a number of other crashes.
Traffic police were investigating the fatal accident.
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