Travellers Begin To Return Home After Flight Restrictions Are Lifted

PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 21: Previously stranded British holiday makers return home to the UK aboard the Royal Navy amphibious assault ship HMS Albion on April 21, 2010 in Portsmouth, United, Kingdom. The passengers were picked up in Santander, northern Spain yesterday and ferried to Portsmouth after aeroplanes across Europe were grounded by the volcanic ash cloud spreading in the upper atmosphere from Iceland. Also aboard were troops returning home from Afghanistan. Soldiers from the 3 The Rifles Battle Group included members of IX Squadron RAF, which operates Tornado jets and is based at RAF Marham, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, and medics from 33 Field Hospital based in Gosport, Hampshire. (Photo by Chris Ison/WPA Wire/Getty Images)