Penang airport cancels four more flights
Motorists on the Penang bridge were seen wearing face masks due to the worsening haze encompassing the state today.
A total of four flights have been cancelled at the Penang International Airport (PIA) today due to the haze.
In a list provided by PIA senior manager Arif Jaafar, China Southern Airline Flights from Guangzhou, China, to Penang, Malaysia and vice versa was cancelled as at 3pm.
The other two flights affected was the 4.05pm Langkawi to Penang flight and the 4.35pm flight from Penang to Langkawi.
No flights were delayed nor diverted according to the list to the media.
Arif said runway visual range (RVR) at that time was 1.2km while visibility was only 800m as the state continued to be blanketed by fine particles caused by fires in Indonesia.
Air quality in two areas in Penang meanwhile recorded very unhealthy levels as at 4pm with Seberang Jaya 2 measuring 245 on the Air Pollutant Index (API).
The other area to record such a level was USM with an API of 210 while Prai recorded an API of 187 which is within the unhealthy range.
Visibility continue to suffer with all areas under monitoring experiencing horizontal visibility of less than a kilometre as at 4pm.
Visibility at Bayan Lepas was only at 600m at that time with Butterworth sharing the same but Perai was marginally better with visibility measuring at 800m.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
Motorists on the Penang bridge were seen wearing face masks due to the worsening haze encompassing the state today.
A total of four flights have been cancelled at the Penang International Airport (PIA) today due to the haze.
In a list provided by PIA senior manager Arif Jaafar, China Southern Airline Flights from Guangzhou, China, to Penang, Malaysia and vice versa was cancelled as at 3pm.
The other two flights affected was the 4.05pm Langkawi to Penang flight and the 4.35pm flight from Penang to Langkawi.
No flights were delayed nor diverted according to the list to the media.
Arif said runway visual range (RVR) at that time was 1.2km while visibility was only 800m as the state continued to be blanketed by fine particles caused by fires in Indonesia.
Air quality in two areas in Penang meanwhile recorded very unhealthy levels as at 4pm with Seberang Jaya 2 measuring 245 on the Air Pollutant Index (API).
The other area to record such a level was USM with an API of 210 while Prai recorded an API of 187 which is within the unhealthy range.
Visibility continue to suffer with all areas under monitoring experiencing horizontal visibility of less than a kilometre as at 4pm.
Visibility at Bayan Lepas was only at 600m at that time with Butterworth sharing the same but Perai was marginally better with visibility measuring at 800m.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
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