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cover news reporter song xiao

the official wechat account of "tianjin binhai airport" and the weibo account of "tianjin airport convenient flight" issued travel reminders. at 19:33 on the evening of september 11, 2024, the takeoff and landing of flights at tianjin binhai airport were affected due to public safety reasons caused by drones. the airport promptly launched the yellow level response of the joint emergency response plan for large-scale flight delays.

travel tips issued by tianjin binhai airport

departure information from tianjin binhai airport showed that many flights were delayed, canceled and canceled in advance, including flights from airlines such as air china, sichuan airlines, china eastern airlines and china southern airlines.

on september 12, an insider explained that there are many main reasons for flight delays, including sudden weather changes at the departure and destination points, illegal drone flights, mechanical failures of aircraft, air traffic control, etc. in recent years, illegal drone flights have posed a huge threat to civil aviation safety.

large-scale flight delays at tianjin airport

transit passengers: after boarding the flight, i waited for several hours and was notified that the flight was cancelled

on september 12, the reporter contacted ms. peng (pseudonym), a hainan airlines passenger who planned to transfer at tianjin airport. she told the reporter that her flight plan had been changed to take off at 9 a.m. on the 12th.

the air travel app shows that outbound flights from tianjin binhai airport have been widely delayed and cancelled.

according to information posted by ms. peng on weibo, her flight was originally scheduled to depart from harbin and transfer in tianjin. she arrived at tianjin airport at 14:40 on the afternoon of september 11, waiting to depart from tianjin at 19:30. "we boarded the plane at 18:50 and waited on the plane until 23:30, when we were notified to get off the plane."

ms. peng said that after getting off the plane, neither the airline nor the airport provided them with an effective solution, and the passengers on the flight were quite angry. "at 23:50 in the evening, the flight was directly cancelled. the people on the plane kept asking for an explanation, but they did not get a satisfactory solution."

according to information released by ms. peng, at 3 a.m. on september 12, the airport told them that accommodation had been arranged. there were more than 100 people on the plane, but there was only one bus with a maximum capacity of 56 people. "obviously there was not enough space, so we took a second bus. it was after 4 a.m. before the second bus left. they said they had arranged another hotel for us. it's now 4:35 a.m. i don't know if i can sleep for an hour tonight, and i don't know if i can leave on time at 9 a.m. tomorrow."

on the morning of the 12th, when the reporter contacted ms. peng, she said that she saw a plane taking off smoothly at around 6:10, and she estimated that their flight could also take off smoothly at 9:00. at the same time, according to the information released by tianjin airport, at 6:10 on september 12, flight ca293y (tianjin-dalian) took off smoothly at tianjin binhai airport, and flights in and out of the airport resumed normal takeoffs and landings.

professionals: "illegal drone flights" threaten civil aviation safety

at around 7 a.m. on the 12th, the reporter contacted tianjin binhai airport. the airport’s customer service phone number showed that it was busy and there were 16 people waiting in line ahead.

it is understood that the public safety incident caused by the drone at tianjin binhai international airport has caused disruptions to flight takeoff and landing services. as of 21:35 on the evening of september 11, the airport urgently launched a joint emergency response plan for large-scale flight delays, with the response level set to yellow. according to statistics, by 11 p.m., 29 flights had been delayed, 8 flights had been canceled, and another 32 flights had to make alternate landings at other airports, affecting the itineraries of about 3,000 passengers.

it is understood that illegal drone flights, that is, unauthorized drone flight activities, have posed a huge threat to civil aviation safety.

an insider in the civil aviation industry said that the flight altitude of the aircraft during takeoff and landing is relatively low, which requires that the flight path of the aircraft must be unobstructed, otherwise it will affect the normal flight of the aircraft. once a drone intrudes into the flight airspace of a civil airliner, there is a risk of collision with the airliner, "because most drones fly at a low altitude, are small in size, and slow in speed, which makes it difficult for radars on civil airliners to detect them, increasing the difficulty of avoidance. civil airliners are extremely fast during takeoff and landing, and a collision with a drone will have serious consequences."

what are the hazards of "illegal flying" of drones? the reporter noted that if the airspace environment of an airport is damaged, it will first pose a safety hazard and endanger flight safety; secondly, it will reduce the conditions for the use of the airport and affect the normal take-off and landing of flights. if a "low, slow and small" flying object is released in the airspace protection area, it will easily drift onto the flight path once it reaches a certain height or loses control, causing an unsafe flight accident. in recent years, many "illegal flying" incidents of drones have occurred around the world, which not only disrupt the normal operation of airports, but also frequently cause flights to be diverted, canceled or delayed, causing inconvenience to passengers and causing economic losses.

(ms. peng is a pseudonym in this article)