Storms leave hundreds stranded at Frankfurt airport
Afp, Berlin
Hundreds of passengers had to camp out overnight at Germany's Frankfurt airport after storms forced the cancellation of more than 240 flights, an airport spokesman said yesterday. About 30,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellations on Thursday, which hit both arrivals and departures at the city's airport in western Germany, Wolf-Dieter Schaller said. With Friday marking the start of school holidays in some German regions and more storms forecast, he said further difficulties were likely at the airport. "We are expecting a very heavy day and are asking passengers to not come at the last minute," he added. Some 170,000 passengers were due to depart Frankfurt airport during the day compared with the usual figure of about 140,000.
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