BEIJING,
May 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A major earthquake hit Wenchuan
County,
Sichuan Province at
14:28pm, PEK time on
May 12, 2008. Chengdu
Shuangliu (CTU) airport is closed. 12 Air China (''CA'') flights flying to
Chengdu have been diverted to other airports.
CA announced emergency plans to be in effect from 15:00pm local time. All
CA flights in the air are in close communications with company headquarters.
Upon issuing of this release, no casualties or property damage have been
reported at the CA southwest subsidiary.
CA has instructed all affected offices to implement emergency plans and
take good care of stranded passengers. CA has also prepared standby fleets
for restored operations and special tasks.
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