Flight ban extended to fifth day

[xman]

The ban on flights in English airspace has been extended until the early hours of Monday.A spokesman for traffic control body Nats said the cloud of volcanic ash is now covering all of the UK.

Planes will remain grounded across England until 0100 BST on Monday, with a further update expected later.

The flight ban has left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded across Europe since the Icelandic volcano erupted on Thursday.

A statement from Nats said: "The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is currently spread acoss the UK.

"Based on the latest information from the Met Office, Nats advises the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until at least 0100 BST on Monday.


"We will continue to monitor Met Office information and review our arrangements in line with that. We will advise further arrangements at approximately 1500 BST."This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.