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It will be potentially bad news for busy travelers and, of course, the airlines. today the transport ministry in the uk announced that they may have to close airport airspace in the uk over the next three days, starting tomorrow until tuesday. now, i stress that theyre saying at this point that they may have to close the airports. the winds have shifted. there could be unsafe conditions starting tomorrow. keep in mind also, too, the minister that is at the head of the department of transport jus...

Twittered that he saw something wrong on one of the wings. so maybe the passengers knew what was happening before it went down. a libyan shorts are ruling out d libyan authorities are ruling out terror and the ash cloud. the planes black boxes have been recovered. french officials are going to the scene as well as dutch. the investigation just getting underway. megyn: just to give you some perspective. this kind of miracle has happened before right here in the united states. it was august of 198...

From what little remained of the plane. the air bus was a relatively new plane, having only been delivered from the production line last september. and it had accumulated around 1600 flight hours in about 420 flights. weather conditions were good at the time of the crash with three mile visibility and light winds. but one factor investigators might look at is the ash cloud from the iceland elk volcano that erupted several weeks ago. nasa web site said the ash cloud actually reached north africa ...

Scandal represents "the greatest persecution of the church," but said it was born from sins inside the church, not outside. toyotas recent safety recall seemed to have done little to slow down profits. automaker is reporting it made $1.2 billion in the first quarter. no sign of letup from icelands active volcano. fresh clouds of ash forced airports in spain, the canary islands and parts of morocco to close today. >> its interesting at that briefing yesterday with eikenberry and mcchrystal they...

>> its exactly 23 minutes after the top of the hour on this monday. heres some headlines for you. investigators look into that staten island ferry crash that happened on saturday are focusing on a propulsion engine that had failed before. the accident injured dozens of people. drug tests are the crew members are still being evaluated but alcohol tests came back neglective. the same ferry was involved in a 2003 crash that killed 11 people after the pilot passed out at the wheel. most flights resu...

Well have tom brokaw join us and lesley stahl. first, bill karins. >> our little friend, our volcano in iceland, was at it again. an impressive ash cloud exploded into the sky. anyone taking flights from north america to europe, you have to fly around the ash cloud. that will cause some delays. forecastwise out there today, a cold start to our day. it feels like a winter morning. you need the winter coat and gloves. this afternoon it will be okay. sunshine from boston to d.c. pittsburgh and bu...

Thankfully, nobody was injured in this. the winds have been gusting between 30 and 45 miles an hour and been causing problems at the airports. weve got delays more than three hours now at jfk. but you also have problems because of your runway issues going on there. newark, over an hour, 40 minutes at new york laguardia airport. we also have problems if youre flying over the transatlantic because of that ash cloud out there still, don. we had more flights cancelled on sunday. winds more northerly...

That move alone adds several hours to flights from north america. lets check in with the severe weather center. i guess well concentrate on what is happening around the world beginning with europe and the travel and -- >> i know. >> just when i guess folks were getting confident and thinking transatlantic flights were okay or flying within europe was okay, uh-huh. check again. >> some are okay. there are a couple cancellations. some of those reroutings you were talking about. but then also wev...

The frankfurt international airport, the major hubs in europe, reported minimal delays but the bad news is winds are expected to spread that ash cloud which is now being seen from ground level to 20,000 feet all the way across into eastern europe so its very hard to say how long these currents or future disruptions will last. as you said, alex, the transatlantic flights are flying and they are being diverted over green land. what that means theyre taking on more fuel to fly around the no-fly zon...

Telling the truth and whos not. lets face it, even some of the craziest claims can quickly gain traction. ive had some experience in that regard. transatlantic and european flights face further disruptions as an ash cloud hovering over the ocean limits visibility, closes airports across spain, italy and scotland. some flights were diverted around the cloud and officials expect the affected areas to clear throughout the day. the problem began last month when a volcano in iceland erupted sending...