IPOH: Two planes that were heading to Ipoh had to be diverted to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang following the severe haze in the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (LTSAS) here this morning.
Manager of Malaysian Airport Holding Berhad LTSAS, Mohd Ali Osman said the plane's flight from Singapore Air ATR72 and ATR72 Firefly from Johor Bharu each should have arrived at the track LTAS at 11.30am and 11.35am respectively.
"Both aircraft should have landed at the airport as scheduled.
"But we got a signal that the two aircrafts were already half way down here have diverted their course to Subang after getting early information on the haze," he said.
Ali said that so far the airport had recorded a visibility of 1,000 meters at 11.30 this morning.
"However operation or the airport runway still operated as usual," he said.