News from BEIJING
'Fog' grounds hundreds of Beijing flights
* March 17, 2012 9:42PM
MORE than 400 flights to and from Beijing airport, including around 35 international services, were canceled or delayed today due to thick fog and heavy air pollution blanketing the city.
Almost 250 flights were canceled, including some 15 international services, according to the website of the international airport in the Chinese capital.
More than 180 flights were delayed, including about 20 international services, the site said.
Visibility at the airport early today was at less than 200m, Xinhua said, blaming "widespread fog" for the disruption.
But the US embassy, which has its own measuring system, said pollution in Beijing had reached the "hazardous" level early this morning, before dropping one notch to "very unhealthy" later.
China said this month that two-thirds of its cities fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health.
The new targets were introduced to placate growing anger among the Chinese public, which is increasingly concerned about health issues.
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* Flights cancelled due to Beijing smog Herald Sun, 5 Dec 2011
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