Thick fog slows down Christmas travellers
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It was a distressing start of the day for scores of people who thought they were flying out for the holidays Sunday morning.
Flights out of the Regina International Airport were cancelled because of thick fog that also stopped planes from landing late Saturday night.
In all, three flights were affected on Sunday; the early WestJet flight to Calgary, the morning Delta flight to Minneapolis and the United 7:40 a.m. flight to Denver.
Lucia Vallejo Rosas just wanted to get back home to her family in Mexico, which she has not done for three years. She got notice at midnight that her flight on United Airlines was cancelled.
“Everything is pretty much booked, there’s not spaces available in any of the code share airlines with United (Airlines). I was able to get a seat on Tuesday, the 23rd,” said Vallejo Rosas
The thick fog was also bad enough on highways around Regina that the RCMP issued an advisory Saturday evening. Visibility was down to less than half a kilometre and police described the fog as being “thick as pea soup.”
Across the province, police reported cars hitting wildlife and vehicles were spotted driving the wrong way on double lane highways.
On Highway 33, east of Fillmore two cars collided head-on after 7 p.m. on Saturday. One person was trapped inside a car and was rescued by fire crews. Two people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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