Overflights of central London will be banned for almost two hours on Wednesday September 14 in the middle of the afternoon.
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Please do not disturb. Air traffic over London will be limited on Wednesday 14 September in the afternoon to ensure in order to“ensure silence while the procession” around the coffin of Elizabeth II will take place in the center of the British capital. These restrictions on flying over London will affect certain flights between 1:50 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. (local time). “Passengers will be informed directly by their airlines of any flight changes”said the airport.
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This measure will necessarily cause delays because the companies will not be able to take off during this slot and will have to modify their trajectory to land, or postpone their arrival in the exact direction of the airport. The coffin of the Queen, who died Thursday at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, arrived at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday evening. He will join Westminster Hall, the oldest chamber in the British Parliament, on Wednesday after a solemn procession in the center of the capital.