UK weather: All flights suspended at Stansted Airport

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File photograph  of snowfall  astatine  Stansted AirportImage source, Getty Images

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File photograph of snowfall astatine Stansted Airport

By Daniel Thomas

Business reporter, BBC News

All flights person been suspended astatine Stansted Airport aft it was forced to adjacent its runway owed to atrocious weather.

Heathrow and Gatwick person besides cancelled oregon delayed flights aft snow, crystal and freezing fog swept the country.

A yellowish upwind informing remains spot for Scotland, London and south-west England until Monday morning, threatening to origin much disruption.

Trains person besides been delayed and determination person been motorway accidents.

Stansted said connected Sunday nighttime its lone runway was closed to let for snowfall clearance owed to upwind conditions and each flights are presently suspended.

"Delays to flights were experienced earlier owed to de-icing of craft which is simply a crushed handler's work and information of craft and passengers is paramount," they added.

"Passengers are advised to cheque with their hose for existent presumption of their flights."

More than 50 flights person been astatine Heathrow truthful acold connected on Sunday, aft freezing fog resulted successful aerial postulation power restrictions connected the fig of craft that could onshore and depart per hr .

The airdrome said it had cancelled flights to support passengers safe.

A spokeswoman said: "We privation to reassure passengers that our colleagues are moving successful adjacent collaboration with our hose and aerial postulation power partners to get them safely distant connected their journeys arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

"We promote passengers to cheque their formation presumption with their hose for the latest information."

Gatwick Airport temporarily closed 1 of its runways astatine 17:55 GMT owed to un-forecast snow.

The airport's snowfall clearing teams were successful spot and reopened the runway again astatine 20:00 erstwhile conditions were safer.

As a effect a fig of flights person been delayed oregon cancelled, portion others were besides diverted to different airports during the closure.

"Every effort is being made to get these flights backmost to Gatwick tonight," a spokesperson said.

"Freezing upwind conditions are expected to proceed this evening and whitethorn origin further disruption astatine the airport.

"Passengers travelling this evening and time are advised to cheque their formation presumption with the hose - and besides section question conditions - earlier departing for the airport."

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