Flights cancelled as ash cloud heads towards UK

 

 

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Philip Hammond: “We know much more about the composition, direction and size of the plume than we did last year”

Flights in Scotland have been cancelled by a regional airline as volcanic ash continues to head towards the UK.

Loganair, based at Glasgow airport, has cancelled 36 flights on Tuesday as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) warns that disruption cannot be ruled out.

Analysts expect the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano to reach Scotland and Northern Ireland by Monday evening.

The event comes a year after ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano spread across Europe, causing huge disruption.

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