Originally Posted by
moondog
The PLA usually refrains from doing "drills" in Beijing or Shanghai, but they sneak them in on occasion. About 5 years ago, they managed to shut down both Shanghai airports for the better part of a day.
Yeah, about 2-3 years ago, my colleague was flying from Guangxi to Hong Kong, 1 hour into flight the plane is turning back, and the pilot told the pax the air space has been shut down and they are not allowed to go forward, so they have to turn back..... ouch!