According to the British "times" reported on May 5, due to volcanic ash from Iceland again drifted south, Northern Ireland and Scotland airport from local time 5 in the morning 7 o'clock all closed. The previous day, Ireland and Scotland west part of the airport has been closed for 6 hours, which is the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the European airport once again due to the impact of volcanic ash and off.
At the same time, the British civil aviation bureau is expected, the impact of the volcanic ash to the UK will continue for several months. The civil aviation bureau warned, with volcanic ash continues southward drift, the airspace in northwestern England and North Wales area in the next few days will also be affected.
In order to avoid European traffic chaos again, EU transport ministers 4, in Brussels, Belgium, held a special meeting, discuss strategies for coping with volcanic ash, to face the invasion of volcanic ash from happening again, the EU countries can take unified action.
At the meeting, the transport ministers decided at the latest, in June 2012, before the aviation traffic flow rather than borders, re designated airspace airspace. According to the plan, the EU's 27 member flight airspace will be integrated into the 9 major flight area, so that the EU unified scheduling.
In addition, the countries also agreed to develop a unified flight safety standards, to ensure aviation security, whether the opening or closing the airspace of the airspace, the EU need to make decisions based on scientific data. Standards, to ensure aviation security, whether open or close the airspace of the airspace, the EU need to make decisions based on scientific data.
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