Thousands stranded in Bangkok as flights affected by India Pakistan tensions

Thousands of travellers were stranded in Bangkok Thursday when THAI canceled more than a dozen flights to and from Europe after Pakistan closed its airspace amid rising tensions with India. THAI flights resumed by Thursday afternoon after the airline secured permission to reroute flights over Chinese airspace, but it could take up to 3 days to clear a backlog of 3,000 passengers, an airline official said. Flights to and from London, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Vienna, Stockholm, Zurich, Copenhagen, Oslo, Frankfurt and Rome had been scheduled to fly over Pakistani airspace Thursday, THAI said. Most of the airline's European flights leave after midnight and the cancellations left scores of passengers stuck at Suvarnabhumi. <br/>