Mountain in Iceland erupted, European Ash Rain
Iceland, (TVOne)

Clouds of smoke that accompanied the explosion of mountain ash rain in Iceland have been terrorizing some of the European skies. A number of countries in western Europe for a while to cancel many scheduled commercial flights, Thursday (15 / 4).

Smoke and ash came from the explosion of mountain glaciers in the region Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, on Wednesday (14 / 4). The mountain has erupted twice in the last month. Within 24 hours, the eruption of smoke toward the east of Iceland, the UK and European plains. According to investigators, the smoke and ash from the eruption not only disrupt the view of the pilot, but also can damage aircraft engines during flight.

Do not want to endanger the safety of the passengers and crew, authorities in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands today decided to cancel many scheduled commercial flights at all airports. Followed a similar move by the Danish, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland.

Cancellation of scheduled flights for today are bothersome tens of thousands of prospective passengers, who piled up in various major airports in Europe.

In the UK Civil Aviation Authority said that the ban imposed commercial aircraft flying at least until Thursday at 18:00 local time (midnight GMT) and waited for the following developments. In Ireland, the authorities shut down all air service for eight hours, as did the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish.

In addition to smoke and ash, the eruption was also melt the ice layer in Eyjafjallajökull causing the river water level rises to as high as three meters. Although there were no reports of casualties, about 800 residents near the glacier region had been displaced.

Authorities revealed that the explosion this time 10 or 20 times more powerful than the first explosion last month that high-risk area for flooding from a glacier.

Meanwhile, observers said the weather in Iceland can not be sure until when the mountain was out of smoke and raining ash. "This could happen within days or weeks. How far is disturbing air travel depends on the weather," said Einar Kjartansson from Iceland Meteorological Office.


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