British airspace closed until 6pm due to ash threat

British airspace closed until 6pm due to ash threat

Faced by the airports of mass destruction, the day after the eruption of volcanic ash from Iceland towards the airspace of the United Kingdom.

And Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports and closed strongly affected by trans-Atlantic flights from Heathrow and Gatwick.

Canceled more than 150 flights to and from Heathrow Airport and 108 flights to and from Gatwick airport.

And British Airways canceled at a later time all domestic flights for safety reasons.

The BAA airport operator: “Following advice from the weather restrictions, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) was submitted to the United Kingdom airspace this morning as a result of volcanic ash drifting in across the UK from Iceland.