Lengthy delays at Bristol Airport after runway disruption

Passengers travelling to and from Bristol Airport are facing delays of up to five hours after its runway was closed on Friday evening.

Bristol Airport is closed due to emergency runway repairs, with departures cancelled and inbound flights diverted

Runway 27L was closed for around an hour while the airport's fire service battled the blaze.

Heathrow forced to close runway due to grassfire - as disruption causes delays and flights to divert  lbc.co.uk

A picture on social media shows smoke rising from the grass outside a terminal

A drone sighting and the discovery of a suspicious object at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport led to flight disruption during the night, and one runway remained closed on Wednesday, authorities said.