Snow grounds thousands of European flights, stranding passengers
19 December 2010Hundreds of flights in Europe have been cancelled after heavy snow has closed airports, stranding thousands of passengers.
Germany was particularly hard hit as 450 flights were grounded. Snowstorkms saw schools across the country close as traffic on the roads was brought to a standstill.
Airports in the Netherlands were also closed causing at least 30 flight cancellations at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Swiss airports at Geneva and Zurich were facing significant delays.
source: britainnews.net
23 December of 2010 at 18:22
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