At 7:31 on January 23, China Southern Airlines flight CZ7997 took off from Urumqi and arrived at Aksu Airport with 126 emergency rescue personnel on board. This is the first flight to carry rescue forces to Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake.

At 2:09 on January 23, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. At 3:40, China Southern Airlines received a temporary charter flight to carry 126 emergency rescue teams from the autonomous region to help Aksu. In order to ensure the smooth charter mission, China Southern Airlines selected a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft with a strong carrying capacity to carry out the flight mission, and urgently coordinated with multiple departments such as flight, cabin, security, ground service, in-flight catering and fuel to do a good job in supporting the flight.

At 06:09, charter flights close, flights depart at 06:19 and depart at 06:26. In order to ensure that the rescue force arrives at the destination as soon as possible, China Southern Airlines coordinated with the air traffic control department to apply for a direct flight by air, which saved 9 minutes of flight time compared with the planned flight time.

It is also understood that at present, the operation of Aksu Airport is normal, the runway pavement and navigational lighting facilities are normally available, and the operation of Aksu flights by China Southern Airlines is normal.

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