Saturday, April 17, 2010

--Volcano erupts more strongly, chaos continues--

LONDON - An Icelandic volcano causing travel chaos throughout the world is erupting more strongly, a geologist warned Saturday, as the European aviation control agency said flight disruption would continue for at least 24 hours.
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Eurocontrol said no landings or takeoffs were possible for civilian aircraft in most of northern and central Europe.
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But flights were taking place in southern Europe, including Spain, the southern Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Eurocontrol said it expected 6,000 flights in European airspace on Saturday compared to 22,000 normally.
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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36611426/ns/travel