UK airports closed due to ash

LONDON, May 17: Britain´s two busiest airports have closed as a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland drifts further south, threatening major disruption to many thousands of people, BBC reported.



The Civil Aviation Authority of Britain imposed a no-fly zone between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. local time at Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports. [break]



Flights are also grounded in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.



Ash can clog jet engines. The April 14 eruption at Iceland´s Eyjafjallajokul volcano forced most countries in northern Europe to shut their airspace between April 15-20, grounding more than 100,000 flights and an estimated 10 million travelers worldwide. The shutdown cost airlines more than $2 billion.

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