Haze Disturbs Flights at Dumai Airport

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Dumai, Feb. 11 (ANTARA) - A number of flights at Pinang Kampai airport were delayed due to thick haze covering Dumai City, Riau Province.The departure of Pekanbaru-Dumai flight by Cassa 212 had to be postponed from 8 am local time to 8.45, Achwin, Head of the Pinang Kampai airport operational service, siad here Friday.

And the Dumai Pekanbaru flight had been automatically delayed as well for around 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the visibility condition.

"If the visibility is less than 2,000 meters, we will delay further," he said.

A flight by a Fokker from Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II airport was also postponed from 9 am to 10 am.

A Fokker aircraft could only fly with a visibility ofabove 4,000 meters.

Dumai city was covered by thick haze coming from forest or plantation fires, at around 6 am local time to 8 am, reducing the visibility to only 1,000 meters.

Dumai, Riau Province, Feb. 11 (ANTARA) - The Riau meteorological, climatology and geophysics office (BMKG) has reported that the number of hot spots on Sumatra Island reduced from 80 to 50.

"Based on the monitoring of NOAA 18 Satellite, the hot spots are spread in several Sumatran regions such as Jambi, North Sumatra, and South Sumatra, as well as Riau province," Marzuki of the RiauBMKG, said here Friday.

The number of hot spots in Riau Province currently is 13, a significant drop from 39 hot spots previously.

"The 13 hot spots are spread in five districts, namely in Bengkalis with one hot spot, Pelalawan 3, Siak and Indargiri Hulu respectively two, and Rokan Hilir five," he said.

Previously, hot spots were also detected in Riau's districts of Rokan Hulu, Kampar, Indragiri Hilir, Kuansing, and Dumai City. However, there are no hot spots reported in the areas at present.

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