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Montserrat: It’s “Against FAA Regulations to Fly Through Volcanic Ash”
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.21.06 | 3:06 PM ET
Gadling’s Karen Walrond had a wild flight near the Caribbean island of Montserrat yesterday. Her flight from Miami to Trinidad was diverted because, as she saw from the window, the deadly Soufriere Hills volcano has been shooting ash nearly 60,000 feet high.
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