High temperatures caused section of UK airport's runway 'to lift'

[marmar]

(CNN) — One of the United Kingdom's largest airports suspended flights on Monday after high temperatures damaged a runway. Temperatures soared up to 37 degrees Celsius (about 99 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country.

London Luton Airport announced the situation via Twitter and updated its status when the airport resumed operations on Monday evening.

An "essential runway repair" was required "after high surface temperatures caused a small section to lift," the airport said on Twitter.

Full operations resumed just after 6 p.m. in London.
Luton Airport's announcement came hours after the Royal Air Force (RAF) paused all flights to and from Brize Norton, its biggest air base, in Oxfordshire after a report from Sky News suggested that the runway had "melted." ,..........(more)

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-airport-suspends-flights-amid-melting-runway-reports/index.html

[Hortensis]

1. This with temps to 99 degrees..! My sympathies to all without AC.

Reportedly only 1% of buildings in the UK have built-in AC and 5% with portable. That'll change, and I'm really sorry that it has to.

Reminds me also that climate change is liable to help more Europeans who don't admire our roads understand why we build them the way we do. Even without such long distances.