2 northern German airports reopen

German air traffic officials have allowed traffic to resume at two northern airports that had been closed due to elevated levels of ash from an Icelandic volcano.

Germany's DFS said Wednesday that it was allowing takeoffs or landings to resume at Bremen airport, and scheduled Hamburg airport to reopen at noon (1000GMT). Authorities had closed airspace over the airports for several hours, causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. (AP)