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starting around 8 p.m. on september 11, netizens posted news one after another saying that a large number of flights were unable to take off and land at tianjin binhai airport, suspected that the airport was affected by drones.

on the evening of september 11, customer service staff at tianjin binhai airport told red star news reporters that according to a notice, starting from around 7:40 p.m. that day, all inbound and outbound flights at tianjin binhai airport stopped taking off and landing.

at around 11 p.m. on september 11, tianjin binhai airport announced that flight takeoffs and landings were affected due to public safety reasons caused by drones. as of 11 p.m. on the 11th, 29 flights were delayed, 8 flights were canceled, and 32 flights had to make alternate landings, affecting the travel of more than 3,000 passengers.

ms. li took a flight from urumqi to tianjin on the afternoon of the 11th, and was originally scheduled to land at tianjin binhai international airport at around 9 pm. however, shortly before the plane landed, the flight attendant informed the passengers that the plane needed to make an alternate landing at beijing daxing airport. "the flight attendant said that tianjin airport could not land now. i had already seen the 'tianjin eye' ferris wheel from the plane, but the plane was changed to make an alternate landing in beijing." ms. li said that as of about 11:50 pm on the 11th, she was still waiting for news at beijing daxing airport.

ms. wei originally planned to take a flight from chongqing to tianjin on the evening of the 11th, but when the plane was taxiing towards the runway, the flight attendant informed the passengers that since the tianjin airport could not land, it had to taxi back and continue waiting in chongqing.

▲the information screen at tianjin binhai airport shows that inbound and outbound flights are delayed on a large scale (photo source: provided by the interviewee)

information on aviation travel apps such as airtravel and variflight also showed that tianjin binhai airport began to experience large-scale delays in and outbound flights from around 8 p.m. on the 11th. red star news reporters then consulted the customer service staff of tianjin binhai airport as a passenger, who said that due to public safety reasons, tianjin binhai airport canceled all aircraft takeoffs and landings from around 7:40 p.m. on the 11th, but current information shows that flights on the morning of the 12th are still scheduled as planned.

at about 11 p.m. on the 11th, the marketing department of tianjin binhai international airport co., ltd. posted a weibo that at 7:33 p.m. on september 11, flights at tianjin binhai airport were affected due to public safety reasons caused by drones. at 9:35 p.m., tianjin binhai airport launched the yellow level response of the joint emergency response plan for large-scale flight delays. as of 11 p.m., 29 flights were delayed, 8 flights were canceled, 32 flights were diverted to the outfield, and more than 3,000 passengers were affected. tianjin binhai airport quickly launched emergency measures and actively coordinated with various airlines to properly transfer and accommodate stranded passengers. the dongli branch of the tianjin municipal public security bureau is currently handling the situation on site. please pay close attention to flight information and make proper travel arrangements.