Iceland's disruptive volcano (18 photos)

http://www.boston.com/ April 15, 2010


Today, British civil aviation authorities ordered the country's airspace closed as of noon, due to a cloud of ash drifting from the erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. The volcano has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. The volcanic ash has forced the cancellation of many flights and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Collected here are photos of the most recent eruption, and of last month's eruptions, which were from the same volcano, just several miles further east. (18 photos total)

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Footage released of erupting Icelandic volcano


AlJazeeraEnglish — Volcano's ash cloud causes flight chaos across Europe


Bloomberg — Icelandic Volcano Spewing Ash Chokes Europe Air Travel
Brian Flynn, head of operations at Eurocontrol, the organization responsible for air safety in Europe, talks about the disruptions to air traffic from the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Airports from the U.K. to Scandinavia and the Netherlands are closing and cancelling flights as volcanic ash chokes the air space. Flynn speaks with Bloomberg's Andrea Catherwood. See Video @ YouTube.

ChickenDanceTV — April 16, 2010 —
Some air travel in Northern Ireland and the Western Isles of Scotland to and from Glasgow and Prestwick will be allowed until 1900, NATS said.

Five flights have taken off from Glasgow, including one to Canada.
But only 11,000 flights will operate in European Airspace today instead of the usual 28,000.
NATs will review the situation at 1330 today.


AssociatedPress — April 15, 2010 — An ash cloud from Iceland's spewing volcano has halted air traffic across parts of Europe, grounding planes on a scale unseen in years, as authorities stopped all flights over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries. (April 15). See video @ YouTube.

Why all this happens? The wind blows from Iceland to Europe - satellite video


And see how ash impacts airline and travelling.
CNNInternational — April 15, 2010 — CNN's Charles Hodson asks Monarch Airlines' CEO about the impact of the ash cloud on travelers and the airline.