BA chief on board test flight through Irish airspace

A BRITISH Airways Boeing 747, carrying airline boss Willie Walsh, flew through Irish airspace last night and landed safely back in Britain after the three-hour test flight.

The jumbo jet took off from London Heathrow Airport at 6pm and headed west and over Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean on its flight to gauge flight safety.

Earlier yesterday Dutch carrier KLM flew one of its planes through the cloud of volcanic ash in Dutch airspace without suffering any damage.