Is it true that more than 200 flights at Wuhan Tianhe Airport were canceled?

On the 27th, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was forced to close due to snowfall, more than 200 inbound and outbound flights were canceled, and more than 1,000 passengers were stranded.

Beginning on the afternoon of the 26th, moderate to heavy snow fell in Wuhan and continues to this day. At 5:00 on the 27th, the Wuhan Meteorological Observatory issued an orange blizzard warning signal: It is expected that snowfall in most parts of Wuhan will reach more than 10 mm on the 27th.

Han Tianhe Airport

Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was forced to close that morning because the snowy runway did not meet normal take-off standards. More than 1,800 manpower and dozens of machinery and equipment were dispatched to the airport. , urgently clear the snow on the runway, fuselage and other areas of the aircraft, and it is tentatively scheduled to be officially opened at 14:00.

Affected by the airport closure, more than 200 inbound and outbound flights from Wuhan to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Hong Kong and other places were canceled that day, and many planes were diverted to Zhengzhou, Nanchang and other places. Surrounding airports.

Snowfall also caused the suspension of 13 trains from Wuhan to Yichang, Enshi, Suizhou, Xiangyang, Shiyan and other places in Hubei Province, as well as 14 long-distance trains from Wuhan to and from Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places. . The Shanghai-Hancheng, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau, and Fuyin expressways passing through Wuhan were also forced to close due to icy roads.