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

On the 27th, affected by snowfall, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was forced to close, more than 200 inbound and outbound flights were forced to cancel, and more than 1 10,000 passengers were stranded.

From the afternoon of 26th, there was moderate to heavy snow in Wuhan, which has continued to this day. At 5: 00 on the 27th, Wuhan Meteorological Observatory issued an orange warning signal of blizzard: it is estimated that the snowfall in most parts of Wuhan will reach10mm on the 27th.

Hantianhe airport

Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was forced to close that morning because the snow on the runway could not meet the normal takeoff standard. The airport was dispatched 1800, with more than 800 manpower and dozens of mechanical equipment to clean up the snow on the runway and fuselage urgently, and it was tentatively scheduled to be officially opened on 14.

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 forced to cancel, and several planes were preparing to land at neighboring airports such as Zhengzhou and Nanchang.

Snowfall also caused 13 trains from Wuhan to Yichang, Enshi, Suizhou, Xiangyang and Shiyan in Hubei Province to stop, and 14 long-distance trains from Wuhan to Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou to stop. Shanghai, Han Rong, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Yin Fu, etc. Passing through the expressway and Wuhan, it was also forced to close because of the icy road surface.