CNN —Thousands of airline passengers across Europe woke up this morning at the wrong destination – and even in the wrong country – after Storm Isha caused havoc with flights, with dozens of cancelations, diversions and go-arounds in western Europe.
Quintupling flight timesThis flight from Shannon to Edinburgh ended up in Cologne.
There were over 100 go-arounds at UK airports, according to NATS, the UK’s air traffic control operator.
“We did see some diverted flights leaving Manchester and some diverted to Manchester because of conditions at other airports, particularly Dublin,” they said.
London’s Gatwick airport saw 22 diversions, but was able to take five flights diverted from other airports, according to a spokesperson for the airport.
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