BREAKING: Newcastle Airport chaos with passengers 'stranded on flight for hours' as Storm Bert hits

Flights person been disrupted astatine the airdrome amid dense snowfall and passengers reportedly near 'stranded connected flights' arsenic Storm Bert began to unleash a play of wintry upwind and question disruption

Flights astatine Newcastle International Airport have been disrupted by falling snowfall aft "multi-hazard" Storm Bert yet made landfall successful the UK.

Passengers connected societal media said they had been near stranded connected flights for arsenic agelong arsenic 3 hours arsenic images showed dense snowfall settling connected the runway. The airdrome has not yet confirmed whether flights person been suspended. The Mirror has approached a spokesperson for comment.

Disruption has besides been reported by passengers astatine Leeds Bradford Airport this morning. It comes arsenic dense snowfall fell crossed bluish parts of the UK connected Saturday aft weather warnings - including a uncommon amber alert - were issued crossed the state up of Storm Bert.

Drivers were seen battling the elements aft snowfall began to settee connected roads successful South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, cardinal Scotland and Cumbria aboriginal connected Saturday morning. Other areas further southbound are expected to spot this precipitation autumn arsenic rain, perchance arsenic overmuch arsenic 100mm.

Two amber upwind alerts for snowfall and crystal are presently successful unit successful parts of Scotland and England, with the archetypal is successful spot until 5pm covering parts of Perthshire and the confederate Highlands. The 2nd volition spell connected until midday, and volition deed agrarian areas successful cardinal bluish England, arsenic good arsenic bluish Bradford and Harrogate close done to Peebles successful the Scottish Borders.

Met Office spokesperson Oli Claydon said this weekend's tempest is expected to beryllium a "multi-hazard event". He said: "We're looking astatine beardown winds, immoderate precocious snowfall accumulation, dense rain, each successful assorted antithetic parts of the UK. So it's rather a analyzable upwind set-up for the weekend. Generally speaking, it's a precise unsettled play of upwind ahead."

Network Rail has meantime urged radical travelling by bid successful bluish England to cheque timetables up of expected disruption connected aggregate lines. An update this greeting read: "With the atrocious upwind acceptable to intensify, question disruption is imaginable connected the East Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line, and North East obstruction routes"

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