On March 5, a large number of flights from Guangzhou, Shenzhen to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou were cancelled. Some mainland netizens said that the airline sent a text message in the middle of the night to notify that the reason for cancellation was “public safety reasons”. Staff also revealed that it was related to the outbreak of Wuhan Coronavirus. It is speculated that something may have happened, and the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic may have a second outbreak!
A netizen of https://pincong.rocks/ on March 5 stating that “the second outbreak has begun? Shenzhen-Guangzhou flights have been cancelled due to public safety reasons “. The article stated that on the morning of the 5th, a citizen originally planned to take flight CA1736 from Shenzhen to Hangzhou on the evening of the 5th, but suddenly received a text message from the airline at midnight yesterday to inform him that the flight would be cancelled, the reason is “public safety reasons.”
Not only the CA1736 flight from Shenzhen to Hangzhou, but also the flight from Shenzhen to Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other domestic cities on the evening of the 5th, all showed cancellation status.
The CA1734 from Shenzhen to Hangzhou at 17:45 and the MF8384 from Shenzhen to Hangzhou at 22:05 were both cancelled.
Not only all flights from Shenzhen to Hangzhou were cancelled on the evening of the 5th, but also flights from Guangzhou to Hangzhou, MF8382, ZH9981, CA1728, etc., also be cancelled. On the evening of the 5th, the last flight from Guangzhou to Hangzhou was CA1722 which departed at 17:15.
Cancellation of flights for “public safety reasons” is relatively rare in civil aviation operations.
Qin Peng, a commentator on current affairs in the United States, also retweeted information about the cancellation of the flight, and he posted a post questioning that something big might be happening now in China.