Steven,

They say loud and clear that the runway is closed, and later that the
airport is closed. What more do you need?


The reason for the closure.


Yeah, but why? What does that do for the orderly flow of traffic, which
is ATCs job in that case - and I bet they were more than busy.

I can see that it might be smart to tell the reason for "crowd control"
reasons, but IMHO one has to acknowledge that it is not really part of
the job description. Also, I bet that many pilots would then start asking
the specifics, which would only further deteriorate the situation.

I just thought they handled it really professionally.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)