US EditionFreezing rain causes cancellations, delays at Berlin airport
Freezing rain created black ice that halted all takeoffs at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, causing cancellations of 35 out of 180 planned departures, with delays expected to continue.
- No aircraft were able to depart or land at Berlin Brandenburg Airport due to black ice and persistent freezing rain on Friday.
- Airport ground crews had treated flight operations areas with de-icing agents throughout the night, but without success, leaving the areas extremely slippery.
- For the protection of passengers and staff, flight operations were temporarily suspended, and passengers were advised to check the status of their flights regularly before travelling to the airport.
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The Straits Times
Berlin airport slowly reopens after black ice grounds flights
FRANKFURT, Feb 6 - Berlin airport is resuming operations but with significant delays and cancellations after black ice had grounded flights in the German capital earlier on Friday, the airport said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Blitzeis and Eisregen had paralyzed the Berlin airport on Thursday. On Friday, the aircraft are scheduled to take off and land again. But there are still flight cancellations and delays.Note: This article has been updated. At the capital airport BER, flight operations are scheduled to start again on Friday. This was reported by a spokesperson of the airport. When exactly the first aircraft are expected to land and take off, it was left open. The…
Due to lightning ice, the aircraft will not be able to start this morning. Already on Thursday there were problems.
Chaos flights to the German capital due to a wave of bad weather that is affecting Central-North Europe. Thousands of passengers on the ground. From Italy scheduled 41 flights
Ten Romanians have been blocked at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, after more flights have been cancelled or delayed, including to Romania, for extreme weather. The track is covered by ice, so the aircraft cannot sink, they support airport representatives.
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