China News Service, Harbin, February 1 (Wen Tianyu reporter Shi Yifu) On January 31, Harbin ushered in the first heavy snowfall in 2021. Affected by this, Harbin Airport was once closed.
As of 15:00 on the 1st, a total of 15 flights were affected by the snowfall, including 7 cancelled flights and 8 delayed flights.
After the snowfall, Harbin Airport immediately activated the ice and snow removal plan, dispatched 14 snowplows of various types, and adopted methods of clearing ice and snow such as side-to-side cleaning, man-machine combination, and a variety of large-scale machinery combined operations to concentrate on runways, taxiways, and aprons. Clean, and use the flight clearance to clean the runway and taxiway.
The snowplow is in operation.
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Due to heavy snowfall, Harbin Airport was closed at 0:00 on February 1.
A total of 6 flights were affected on January 31, including 3 cancellations and 3 delays.
Airport staff treat the aircraft from illness.
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At 4:30 on February 1, 14 snowplows of various types were dispatched again at Harbin Airport to clean the runways, taxiways, and aprons, ensuring that the airport opened at 10 o'clock.
At 10:08, flight EU1877 from Harbin to Jiagedaqi took off and the airport resumed normal operations.
As of 15:00, a total of 9 flights were affected, of which 4 were cancelled and 5 were delayed.
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