Sydney city center and surrounding areas were shrouded in fog early Monday. Only the tops of the skyscrapers and the main monuments emerged from the thick blanket of fog that covered the Australian city.
The dense fog has caused flight delays, with travelers waiting in long lines at the city’s airport. But it finally dissipated by mid-morning.
Almost an hour of delay in air traffic
Dense fog has had a major impact on air traffic in Sydney this morning. Around 7 am, hundreds of passengers had to be patient to enter the airport. The line to go through security stretched outside, in the cold, along the road and for tens of meters.
As a result of this impressive haze, one of the Terminal 2 security lines suffered technical problems and was temporarily closed, Sydney Airport announced.
qantas, Australia’s main airline, has announced the postponement of many flights. The company announced delays of up to 40 minutes. Some passengers, expressing their frustration on social media, took off more than an hour after their flight’s original departure time.
On Twitter, this Australian shows the consequences of the climate:
“I’ll probably stay in line longer to get through security than in the air.” The same netizen tweeted again eleven hours later, on his flight back to Sydney, which was also delayed. “The chaos this morning was felt all day.”
delayed ferries
The fog dissipated by mid-morning, but the consequences of the technical problems remained and many operations within the airport were affected.
Sydney ferries were also caught off guard by cloudy skies. The line Parramatta River F3 was the hardest hit and faced significant delays. Traffic returned to normal four hours after the initial delays.
It was not the first time that Sydney transport was surprised by a thick layer of fog, which many neighbors point out, quickly getting tired of this impressive sea of clouds.
Source: BFM TV
