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Heavy fog grounds flights in the Netherlands

Netherlands, (AFP)- Heavy fog over the Netherlands forced at least one airport to close its runways and divert inbound flights Sunday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, the airports and news reports said The southern Eindhoven international airport has been closed since noon (1100 GMT), with some 27 inbound flights re-routed and at least six other flights cancelled, according to the airport’s website. The same number of departing flights have been cancelled, affecting between 6,500 to 8,000 passengers, a local […]