Fog Closes Mexico City Airport, Disrupting 71 Flights

MEXICO CITY -- A blanket of fog closed Mexico City's airport for several hours early Monday, disrupting 71 international and domestic flights during the travel industry's busiest season, the airport's spokesman said.

Flights were halted from 5 to 8:30 a.m. (6 to 9:30 a.m. EST; 1100 to 1430 GMT), said Jose Luis Uribe, airport spokesman.

Officials canceled seven domestic flights and diverted 11 domestic flights to airports in Acapulco, Guadalajara and Morelia to wait until the airport reopened.

"This is the season for blankets of fog," Uribe said. "But because it is also vacation time, it's a problem."

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