Almost 400 passengers were stranded at an airport in northwest
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region due to low visibility
caused by heavy fog, an airport spokesman said on Wednesday.
Dense fog has blanketed the airport since early Wednesday
morning, he said, adding that 300 to 400 passengers were still
waiting to depart.
He said that all passengers were likely to depart before 3:30
p.m. because the fog had started to dissipate.
Visibility at the airport was expected to reach 800 meters. The
standard for take-offs is 550 m and 800 m for landings.
(Xinhua News Agency January 2, 2008)