AAfter the snow, patches of ice formed, making the roads slippery in many places. The IRM placed almost the entire country on yellow alert this morning due to slippery conditions on the roads.
Accidents and slowdowns on the roads
Ice has already caused several accidents. This is the case on the outer ring of Brussels where an accident took place near the Vilvoorde viaduct. The right lane was blocked in the direction of Halle, reports RTL.
On the E411 Namur-Brussels, an accident between a bus and a truck causes a queue of up to 1 hour 15 minutes between Overijse and the Herman Debroux Viaduct.
Same observation on the E40 and E42 side where around ten accidents cause numerous slowdowns.
At 8:30 a.m., there were a total of 485 km of queues across our entire road network.
You can follow the situation live here.
Charleroi airport impacted
Charleroi airport had to close the runway for an hour to de-ice it, causing numerous delays.
In total, over the entire morning, around forty flights were affected.
“The inspection carried out this morning, when the runway opened, showed that the track was not safe enough despite the preventive measures put in place,” explains the spokesperson. The track could therefore only be opened at 7:30 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m. as usual. Around fifteen flights were planned during this morning rush hour.
“In addition, we also have to de-ice the planes, which takes time,” adds Ms. Pierard.
No flights were canceled but this created cascading delays. “These delays should be resolved by the end of this morning. In total, around forty flights are affected,” according to a rough estimate from the spokesperson.
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