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passengers at tianjin airport said that illegal drones appeared many times and lasted for several hours. the police responded

2024-09-12

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on the evening of september 11, due to public safety reasons caused by drones, a large number of flights were unable to take off and land at tianjin binhai airport. as of 11:00 that night, 29 flights were delayed, 8 flights were canceled, and 32 flights had to make alternate landings. the travel of more than 3,000 passengers was affected, and this incident continues to attract much attention.

on the afternoon of september 12, a reporter from xiaoxiang morning news contacted a passenger who was stranded due to the impact of departing from tianjin binhai airport. the passenger's plane was scheduled to take off at around 8:30 pm on the 11th, but suddenly received news that the airspace was occupied, and then got off the plane. "(the drone) was to the east of the terminal, and it was visible to the naked eye. at that time, the airport staff seemed to say that they did not identify it, but they could see it, and then the tower notified that the control mechanism had been triggered. it stopped for a while, and then it seemed to be normal. the police had also intervened at that time. as a result, at 11 o'clock (in the evening), it (the drone) came again. as a result, there was no choice, and the entire airport was cancelled."

the passenger said that after getting off the plane, there were many passengers exchanging information in the terminal, and they found that everyone had the same situation: the drone appeared at around 7pm that night, and after 7pm, all planes landing at the airport were not allowed to land and were diverted to beijing daxing airport, shijiazhuang, jinan, etc. the police and armed police came to the scene to investigate and maintain order.

"the text message we received first said there was a delay, and the flight was delayed until around 11:30 that night. however, the drone may have appeared again at around 11 o'clock, and there was nothing we could do. all flights were cancelled that day." the passenger said that his airline and the airport would contact the passengers to make arrangements, and the airline he booked arranged a hotel for him, but because he had friends in tianjin, he left the airport around 2 a.m. on the 12th.