A few planes are leaving from Frankfurt again – it was also slippery in Switzerland. This graph shows how many recruits are signing up this year

Given the decreasing rainfall, Frankfurt Airport has been able to fly since Wednesday afternoon individual machines again lift. This will likely alleviate the situation with available parking spaces somewhat, a spokesperson for airport operator Fraport told the German news agency. We will have to wait and see how the weather develops. According to a Fraport spokeswoman, landings are also planned in the coming hours.

Because of freezing rain Planes taking off at Germany’s largest airport were temporarily suspended on Wednesday afternoon been. Fraport justified this by saying that the machines could no longer be safely defrosted before takeoff due to the persistent icy conditions. As landings were still taking place, the parking spaces were gradually filling up, so the original plan was to not allow any more landings after 3 p.m.

Defrosting involves keeping the wings and fuselage free of ice and snow residue. “The aerodynamic profile must not be affected,” the spokesperson explains. On the way to take-off there was a risk that the aircraft would freeze again in rain.

It was also slippery in parts of German-speaking Switzerland on Wednesday morning. Precipitation at temperatures below zero caused this.

The federal government even warned of the danger of icy conditions: anyone driving a car was urged to drive carefully. The canton of Schaffhausen and the regions around Aarau, Frauenfeld TG, Liestal BL, Lucerne, Solothurn, St.Gallen and Zug were particularly affected.

The situation in Switzerland should have eased since 8 a.m.

Situation in Germany

In-person classes are canceled today at many schools in Bavaria – the German Weather Service (DWD) expects freezing rain and warns of freezing rain.

The police in Baden-Württemberg have already reported many traffic accidents. According to the police, around 30 accidents took place in Konstanz alone. So far, it mainly concerned plate damage. According to a Fraport spokeswoman, there were at Frankfurt airport on Wednesday Of the 1,047 planned flights, 570 were canceled in advance been. According to the airport there are at Munich Airport More than 250 of the approximately 650 planned takeoffs and landings were canceled been.

The slippery conditions also have consequences in Berlin and Brandenburg: several flights are canceled at Berlin’s BER airport. Deutsche Bahn, in turn, stated that the ice could also have consequences for train traffic. As a precaution, the maximum speed of the ICE was limited to 200 kilometers per hour.

At least 100 accidents occurred in Brandenburg on Tuesday due to slippery conditions. Several people were also injured.

(rbu/t-online/sda/dpa)