Munich Airport has been forced to close again after being hit by extreme wintry weather, making safe flights “impossible”.

Freezing rain hit the German city, forcing the airport to temporarily cancel or postpone all flights on Tuesday morning.

It said there would be no take-offs or landings from 6am until midday in its announcement on Monday night, adding expected precipitation would make safe flights “impossible”.

Be the first to get Breaking News

Install the Sky News app for free

The country’s second-biggest airport also warned the majority of flights scheduled for later in the day may face cancellations for safety reasons.

The airport said ice on its runways and apron – where aircraft are stationed – was “extreme”, adding that there was “a thick layer of ice as smooth as glass”.

It urged passengers to contact their airline before travelling to find out the flight’s status and to avoid rebooking at the airport due to “insufficient capacity available”.

The suspensions come after all flights at the airport were grounded on Saturday as heavy snowfall blanketed the city and the southern state of Bavaria.

Police locked in stand-off with suspected armed man ‘holding four-year-old hostage’ at Hamburg airport

British 70-year-old extradited to Germany over ‘murder’ of man found dead in bathtub in 1979

Hamburg scaffolding collapse: Three people killed and several feared missing

Adverse weather wreaked chaos in the state with car collisions reported and train connections affected.

Read more from Sky News:
Weather in pictures: Snow blankets parts of UK
Police deal with hostage situation at German airport

Two people died in a crash between a car and a tractor in Upper Bavaria, reportedly due to frozen rain on the road’s surface.

Meanwhile, the A99 motorway near Munich was closed in both directions after 13 vehicles were reportedly involved in a mass accident.

Train operator Deutsche Bahn said there would be disruption in the Munich area for several days.

Germany’s neighbours Austria and Switzerland have also experienced heavy snowfall affecting public transport, raising concerns about possible avalanches.

Related posts:

New Zealand to open travel bubble with Australia – but ‘flyer beware’ India retaliates to UK travel curbs by requiring COVID tests and quarantine for Britons India has given the world a distant net-zero target and is now asking for cash Children’s hospital bombed, civilian evacuations continue and acts of defiance. What happened on day 14 ‘Is he dead, is he dead?’: Sky reporter on scene as Imran Khan injured after being shot in leg England talent and ambition finally living up to expectation – but there’s still that man Mbappe to come Two children severely injured in attack near German school British man dies and friend is injured after shooting at bar in St Lucia Confusion in Iran as rumours swirl about future of morality police and the regime | Dominic Waghorn Inside his grand palace, Lukashenko speaks out on Putin, Prigozhin and the Wagner mutiny Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for a further 19 years over ‘extremism’ Inside Gaza hospital where hundreds shelter despite Israeli evacuation orders