Thick fog forced to cancels dozen flights at UK’s airports
London: Airports across UK have been forced to cancel dozens of flights as ice and thick fog descended on the country overnight.
A spokesman said last night, “It’s better to cancel flights when there’s fog because in fog you can’t land as many planes per hour because you have to leave more space between the planes.”
The spokesman added that cancelling in advance helped airlines accommodate passengers on other flights.
Cancelled flights included scheduled trips to Warsaw, Nice, Stockholm, Aberdeen and several German cities.
The mercury plummeted to minus 10 degree Celsius in Tulloch, Scotland, while Chesham in Buckinghamshire endured temperatures as low as minus 8.7 degree C overnight.
A light dusting of snow and wintry showers will lash the coast today along Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Devon and Cornwall, while other areas will experience snow-like grains which have formed in the freezing fog.
“Northern England and parts of Wales are unlikely to see temperatures above freezing today, and will stay around 4 degree C to 6 degree C in southern England,” he said.
