Flights at Berlin’s international airport have been temporarily suspended due to poor weather conditions.
“Because of black ice and ongoing freezing rain, no take-offs or landings are currently possible at BER,” an airport spokeswoman told DPA news agency.
She said while airport personnel had worked to clear runways overnight, this was only partially successful and surfaces remained extremely slippery. It is not clear when operations will resume.
Take-offs and landings had already been suspended on Thursday evening due to black ice.
Berlin experienced the coldest January in 16 years. Snow and freezing rain have caused major transport disruption across the German capital and beyond.
Meanwhile, Germany’s national weather service (DWD) warned of freezing rain and black ice across areas of the northeastern part of the country. It said the situation was likely to improve during the day with temperatures staying near 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit).
: dpa/Carsten Koall