Great Britain And North Europe Airports Grounded From Hazardous Volcanic Ash
All flights in UK airspace have been suspended today as a cloud of volcanic ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland drifts over Britain and northern Europe.
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen were among the first airports to be affected before the shutdown was extended to the whole of Britain in line with international civil aviation policy.
Volcanic ash poses a real safety threat to air safety through reduced visibility and potential damage to aircraft engines. Health Protection Scotland said monitoring systems to guage the impact on air quality were in place but the volcanic dust was not through to be a significant threat to human health.
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At the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Alex Salmond told MSPs that the Scottish Government resilience room had been activated at 5.45am following the decision at 4am by the National Air Traffic Service to suspend all Scottish flights due to safety concerns related to the volcanic eruption.
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