Britain Stranded

Millions of British travellers around the World are still stranded after the UK airspace ban imposed by (NATS) enters its third day due to the volcanic ash cloud engulfing the country. The earliest time at the moment for airlines to fly their aircraft is 0100 Tuesday morning, as the damage to the travel industry continues to grow the volcano is still emitting the dangerous ash clouds.

The chaos has spread throughout Europe with a number of airports being closed though Finland airport has been open today along with the Spanish airports, the majority have been shut though.

BA flew a test flight through the ash cloud with CEO Willie Walsh on board to see the effects for themselves, experiencing no difficulties the plane was landed at Cardiff airport where a full technical investigation was carried out, the results of which found no damage had been done to the plane.

BA are now calling for the ban to be lifted saying that (NATS) is over-reacting, stranded travellers are using any means possible to return to the UK as the Euro tunnel and the docks at Calais are packed with frantic travellers trying to get home, some having paid thousands for the privilege and travelling thousands of miles on min-busses. Hopefully the wind will change and the airports can re-open as soon as possible.