Charter flight brings home Hubei tourists from resort island

A tourist from Hubei Province stops for security check at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out. The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out.

The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The airplane departed from Sanya Phoenix International Airport at 1:40 p.m. and arrived at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport at around 4 p.m.

The passengers had been quarantined for 14 days and passed nucleic acid tests before leaving Sanya.

A child from Hubei Province goes through security check at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out. The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Tourists from Hubei Province board a plane at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out. The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) 

Tourists from Hubei Province board a plane at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out. The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

The plane bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province takes off at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Airlines dispatched a charter flight Thursday, bringing home 112 passengers to central China's Hubei Province where the novel coronavirus epidemic first broke out. The passengers were stranded in Sanya, a coastal city in southern island province of Hainan, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)