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politics2010-04-15 11:43 am
the_future_modernes) wrote in politics2010-04-15 11:43 am
Volcano
Icelandic Volcano's ash cloud causes flight chaos across Europe
Tens of thousands of people across northern Europe have faced flight disruptions after a dangerous ash cloud from a volcano eruption in Iceland billowed throughout the region's skies.
Airports across UK, Ireland, Norway, Holland and Finland have closed down their airspaces, cancelling all flights.
Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports.
From the BBC
Tens of thousands of people across northern Europe have faced flight disruptions after a dangerous ash cloud from a volcano eruption in Iceland billowed throughout the region's skies.
Airports across UK, Ireland, Norway, Holland and Finland have closed down their airspaces, cancelling all flights.
Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports.
From the BBC
The eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland is the second in the country in less than a month.
Prof Bill McGuire, professor at the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, said it was not "particularly unusual" for ash from Icelandic eruptions to reach the UK.
"Such a large eruption... would have the potential to severely affect air travel at high northern latitudes for six months or more.
"In relation to the current eruption, it is worth noting that the last eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull lasted more than 12 months." MORE