Air traffic has been severely disrupted across northern Europe by volcanic ash drifting south and east from Iceland.

Airspace was closed or flights cancelled in countries including the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and France..."The extent is greater than we've ever seen before in the EU," said Brian Flynn, deputy head of operations at Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control organisation.

"The meteorological situation is such that the volcanic ash is progressing very slowly eastwards but there is not a lot of wind

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