11.   Authorities also closed the airspace over New York City, McCann said.

12.   Authorities closed the airspace over Moscow for several hours on Thursday to allow the warplanes to practice.

13.   But the trio drifted further north on Monday after navigating around Mediterranean storms and closed airspace over Iraq, Iran and Russia.

14.   India closed its airspace to Pakistan and hostilities soon erupted into all-out war over Bangladesh, which was then East Pakistan.

15.   Israel closed its airspace to foreign flights and evacuated staff from diplomatic missions and Jewish institutions around the world.

16.   Israel has closed its airspace to foreign airlines in response to the wave of terror attacks in the United States, a Transport Ministry official said.

17.   Israel closed its airspace to foreign carriers.

18.   It is allowing governments to compensate airlines for four days of business they lost when the United States closed its airspace after the attacks.

19.   Several hours after the devastating attacks in New York and other U.S. cities, Israel announced it was closing its airspace to foreign flights.

20.   Thousands of passengers were left fuming Thursday when authorities closed the airspace over Moscow for several hours to allow the warplanes to practice.