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UK flights grounded until Saturday following volcanic eruption

Friday 16 April 2010

Following the eruption of a volcano in southern Iceland it has been confirmed that nearly all flights in and out of the UK will be halted until Saturday 17 April

NATS and the Met Office are
monitoring the situation closely

After lying dormant for 200 years, the ice-topped volcano near the Eyjafjallajökull glacier erupted in March, again in early April and most recently on Wednesday 14 April, causing large-scale evacuation in Iceland as well as the grounding of aircraft in the UK and across Northern Europe this week.

Aviation disruption is being caused by glass, sand and rock particles contained in a dense plume of volcanic ash emitting from the volcano which is reportedly progressing very slowly eastwards but is no longer heading further south due to a lack of wind.

After grounding flights in British airspace midday on Thursday and into Friday morning due to fears the particles will clog jet engines, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has extended the lockdown period until at least 1am Saturday 17 April. A tiny number of services are operating in and out of Northern Ireland, western Scotland and south-west England.

British flagship carrier British Airways has released information online for concerned customers and is urging passengers not to go to the airport if their flight is cancelled. “We are keeping our flying schedule under constant review and will aim to give you as much notice as possible once we receive more information from NATS” said BA.

BMI confirmed it has “has reluctantly cancelled all flights on Friday 16 April 2010” and is directing customers to the flights status area for further details. “Safety is our number one priority and we have taken this decision based on advice from the UK Met Office and Air Traffic Control” said the Midlands based airline.

Budget airline easyJet is advising all passengers to use the Flight Departures Checker before travelling to the airport. “The disruption is expected to continue, and we are unable to say when operations will resume as normal given the uncertainty of this situation” said the airline.

According to a BBC news article, the airspace of the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Czech Republic and Poland is currently suffering similar restrictions to the UK with parts of Germany and northern France also fully restricted.

A review of the situation is due to be carried out by NATS at 2.30pm GMT. "In general, the situation is dynamic and subject to change" said a statement at www.nats.co.uk. "We continue to work closely with airports, airlines, and the rest of Europe to understand and mitigate the implications of the volcanic eruption".