Flights Delays in Beijing Strand Passengers for Two Days
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Passengers sleep at the Beijing Capital International Airport while waiting for rescheduled flights on Nov. 23, 2015. Large numbers of flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport were canceled or delayed due to heavy snowfalls on Sunday, stranding passengers for two days. [Photo: qq.com]

Large number of flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport were cancelled or delayed due to heavy snowfalls on Sunday, according to Beijing News. The delays have stranded passengers for two days.

A total of over 300 flights were canceled, while many flights were delayed, as Beijing News reported.

The report by Beijing News found that inadequate operation coordination systems, along with equipment that were not properly de-iced, were the main cause for the massive delays.

The report also found that the Beijing Capital International Airport is only capable of de-icing 20 planes per hour, while about 80 flights were waiting for departure in the morning peak hours, which means three quarters of flights had to be delayed.

Generally, de-icing for one runway in the airport takes 40 minutes. During continuous snowfalls, deicing is needed for both arriving and departing planes to ensure the safety of airport operations.

An unnamed staffer from the Air Traffic Management Bureau told Beijing News that deicing needs to be performed both during and after snowfalls. Moreover, the airport needs to coordinate already delayed flights, while scheduling to receive arriving flights, so it takes time for the airport to resume normal operations after extreme weathers.

 

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