Heavy fog stranded more than 1,100 people at the airport after 13 flights were delayed in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, an airport official said.
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The fog reduced visibility to less than 400 meters in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday. |
Heavy fog appeared around 9:00 AM and reduced visibility to less than 400 meters as of 2:40 PM in .
Eleven other flights were forced to land in other cities such as Karamay in Xinjiang and Dunhuang in the neighboring Gansu Province.
(Xinhua News Agency December 10, 2008)
