15 April 2010
Volcanic ash causes airline chaos
Northern UK and European airspace has been shut down this morning after it became clear that ash from the volcano in Iceland presented a risk to planes. Currently all flights heading north are affected and it looks like the rest of UK airports may follow. Private jet flight requests are expected to soar as a result.
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