Ash From Iceland Volcano Forces Cancellation of Thousands of Flights
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.15.10 | 11:51 AM ET
Airport display board in Edinburgh, Scotland, today. (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)Oh Iceland. Now look at what you’ve done.
Amazingly, the closing of air space across parts of northwestern Europe due to widespread ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is, according to the New York Times, “among the most sweeping ever ordered in peacetime.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
John 04.15.10 | 12:21 PM ET
Its amazing how much damage ash can cause. I was angry when my flight was cancelled. When I got home I found a great article which discusses 2 different air incicents.
http://shanemcdonald.org/myblog/2010-04-15/the-jakarta-effect-halts-flights-over-europe/
I pity people who paid for holidays and now cant fly.
Pete 04.18.10 | 6:56 AM ET
Actually i’ve just written af blog post about the chaos because of the eruption on iceland: http://volcano-on-iceland.com/iceland-volcano-eruption-causes-chaos - feel free to drop by.