China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com)

Major cities across northern China choked Monday under a blanket of smog so thick that industries were ordered shut down and air and ground traffic was disrupted. From a report: At least 23 cities issued red alerts for a swath of pollution that has hovered over much of the nation since Friday, China's Xinhua news agency reported. Alerts are expected to remain in effect through Wednesday. Hospitals set emergency procedures in motion to deal with an influx of breathing-related illnesses. Large hospitals in the port city of Tianjin, less than 100 miles southeast of Beijing, saw a surge in asthma and other respiratory issues, China's People's Daily reported. The pollution forced the city to close the highways and caused delays and cancellations for dozens of flights, Xinhua said.

Comments

Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin

[OzPeter]

Trump is hobbling the EPA so badly that by the time he's done our smog will be so bad that we can't land airplanes either.

We'll have the best smog. The yugest smog. We're going to bring 1,000,000 smog manufacturing jobs back to this country.. Our smog will be so great that even the Chinese will be envious.

And not only that I'll build a wall to stop our smog going to Mexico! If Mexican's want our smog they'll have to pay for it!

Re:I don't get it

[amicusNYCL]

That's just it, there's so much smog generating so much lift that the planes physically can't land. Even if they stop the engines it just sits there hovering.

Environmentalists are never happy

[frovingslosh]

Environmentalists are never happy, next week the smog will be so dense that planes can land on it, and they will likely complain about that too. No pleasing them.