Iceland Volcano Eruption: Ash grounds flights in UK and Northern Europe

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Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads

LONDON An ash cloud from Iceland’s spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale unseen since the 2001 terror attacks as authorities stopped all flights over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries.
Thousand of flights were canceled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, and officials said it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again.
In a sobering comment, one scientist in Iceland said the ejection of volcanic ash — and therefore possible disruptions in air travel — could continue for days or even weeks.
With the cloud drifting south and east across Britain, the country’s air traffic service banned all non-emergency flights until at least 7 a.m. (0600GMT, 2 a.m. EDT) Friday. Irish authorities closed their air space for at least eight hours, and aviation authorities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland took similar precautions.
The move shut down London’s five major airports including Heathrow, a major trans-Atlantic hub that handles over 1,200 flights and 180,000 passengers per day. Airport shutdowns and flight cancellations spread across Europe — to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland — and the effects reverberated worldwide.

Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe

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25 Responses to “Iceland Volcano Eruption: Ash grounds flights in UK and Northern Europe”

  1. RedfootNein on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    I was really …
    I was really irritated by the constant text and self-promotion displayed during the video. Leave that junk out and post some link at the end.

  2. quxianglong1230 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    just try
    just try

  3. RhythmRecordsInc on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    @khanzada0321 bomb …
    @khanzada0321 bomb in times square.. lucky they found it.. f*ck your allah.

  4. khanzada0321 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    allah ki shan.Allah …
    allah ki shan.Allah apna raham farmae,

  5. reminds me of …
    reminds me of pinatubo eruption

  6. For those of you …
    For those of you with ‘eyes to see and ears to hear’ – this is( Mathew 24:7 earthquake and various places!) Hati- Chile etc. & theres alot more coming- European financial melt -down, Chinese children ’slashed’ & Israel in the News – its all here- Look- (Mat.24.-!)

  7. FalskurFaviti on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    this eruption is …
    this eruption is like a bonfire compared to the newer one…

  8. the sound of the …
    the sound of the lava is like theres waves that make the lava come out

  9. beautiful
    beautiful

  10. Sickboytragedy on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    atractive but scary …
    atractive but scary too

  11. Your text over the …
    Your text over the video ruins the whole thing.

  12. paopaowellwell on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    this people …
    this people shooting this footage looks like very near this volcanic area
    if something go wrong he will pay his life.
    hope would get life lost after this inccident

  13. pinball7898 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    @paintball227 Go …
    @paintball227 Go shoot your own video next time or stop complaining!!!!!

  14. pinball7898 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Paintball277 – Go …
    Paintball277 – Go shoot your own video next time or stop complaining!!!!!

  15. paintball227 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    i dont think you …
    i dont think you could have put anymore words up during the movie than you did, cause if you would have there would be nothing to see but distracting sentences. I wanted to watch the volcano not read a documentory on it

  16. Q. What’s the …
    Q. What’s the difference between the Icelandic volcano and Cheryl Cole?

    A. The volcano is still blowing ash.

  17. pitifulpotato on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    @ …
    @11122233344455566167 stfu

  18. pitifulpotato on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    @Zedoscavalos well …
    @Zedoscavalos well we probably deserve that for polluting the air killing all the animals chopping down trees and causing global warming so when we are extingt everything else dies with us but i don’t think that volcano will kill us

  19. Guess Chuck Norris …
    Guess Chuck Norris ate some flamin’ hot Cheetos again…

  20. Geisladiskur on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Lol this is not …
    Lol this is not the eruption which has spewn all this ash over europe, this is a smaller eruption that happend a few days before the ash-spewing eruption. I actually hiked up the mountain to see this one, it was much more like a tourist eruption :P

  21. @Zedoscavalos: i …
    @Zedoscavalos: i hope you die first, … and very painfull…

  22. Zedoscavalos on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    I hope the …
    I hope the world ends
    Muahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha.
    Death to us all.

  23. rivalta1000 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    fonix!!!!
    fonix!!!!

  24. 11122233344455566167 on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    سبحان الله والحمد …
    سبحان الله والحمد الله والله اكبر اكبر اكبر

    استفغر الله من كل ذنب

  25. CLIMAT2FRANCE on May 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    سبحان الله القادر …
    سبحان الله القادر علئ كل شئ له ماكوت الأرض و هو على كل شئ قدير

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