KLM flight

Mexico volcano forces KLM flight back to Amsterdam

Flight KL685 was thousands of feet over Canada when activity from the volcano Popocatépetl near the Mexican capital forced it back across the Atlantic.

Passengers spent 11 hours in the air, only to disembark in the same city.

A KLM spokeswoman told the BBC the plane was also carrying a large number of horses at the time.

The spokeswoman could not be drawn on exactly what caused the captain to turn back to the Netherlands, saying there were "many reasons" behind such decisions, but admitted the equine cargo may have been a factor.