Ash Cloud Grounds All UK Flights

All airspace in the UK has been suspended after a Volcano erupted in Iceland and a volcanic ash cloud has started drifting over the UK. Flights are expected to be grounded until 1800 causing massive delays and headaches for passengers and airline providers alike. Other countries involved in the mass grounding include Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

The ash cloud contains tiny particles of rock and dust, if sucked in by the aircraft's huge jet engines can cause them to clog up and seize to function causing potentially fatal scenarios.

The Scottish airports were first to close this morning as the cloud drifted in from the North with the likes of Glasgow and Edinburgh grounding its flights promptly, other airports quickly followed suit and now all aircraft is on the ground in the UK.

British Airways have first hand experience of volcanic ash as one of their planes has encountered it before, Captain Eric Moody was piloting a BA plane when it ran into an ash cloud all 4 engines broke down at 37000feet the plane had to glide until at 12000feet the engines were re-started, the aircraft was safely landed and two days later volcanic ash was named as the reason for the engine failure.