Marseille airport suspends flights due to wildfire as public warned to stay at home
https://apnews.com/article/marseille-airport-closed-fire-c1f0d55ddeb59f64399a536cf1c23b05
https://apnews.com/article/marseille-airport-closed-fire-c1f0d55ddeb59f64399a536cf1c23b05
4 Comments
Ziggurat@jlai.lu · 5 pts · 1y
Is the fire that bad ? Or is it due to Marseille airport also being the base for fire-fighting plane ?
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 1y
The fire is pretty bad, it reached the city and they had to interrupt all train traffic towards and from Marseille and Nice because of it. Not sure if the airport is a base of operation, but the smoke is really thick, and I'm not sure planes can safely fly through that.
dbkblk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Both, Canadairs have been flying near the runways for hours, refueled at the airport and took water near the runways (but usually that's okay, because they try to stay out of the way).
Philamand@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 1y
Flights resumed around 22h local time.