According to the Strait City News, on the afternoon of the specified date, multiple netizens posted online that several flights originally scheduled to fly to Fuzhou were diverted to Wenzhou and Xiamen. Additionally, some netizens reported that there was a large-scale delay at Fuzhou Airport. A reporter's search found that the airport's alert stated "large-scale delay, flight delay rate reached %." A significant number of inbound flights had been diverted, and a number of outbound flights were delayed.

In response to this, Changle Airport staff in Fuzhou told reporters that after checking, the diversion of multiple flights was due to traffic control. "The air traffic control department implements traffic control to avoid dangerous collisions or overcrowding of aircraft, which is not a special reason. Currently, the airport is in normal operation, with many aircraft applying for takeoff. The subsequent schedules for multiple flights have been arranged, and the exact takeoff time will need to be confirmed with the airlines."