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Planes on alert as Icelandic volcano erupts

Ash cloud experts are predicting that air travel won't be badly disrupted by recent volcanic eruptio...
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8:19 AM - 24 Aug 2014



Planes on alert as Icelandic v...

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Planes on alert as Icelandic volcano erupts

TodayFM
TodayFM

8:19 AM - 24 Aug 2014



Ash cloud experts are predicting that air travel won't be badly disrupted by recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

The Bardarbunga volcano has begun erupting under a glacier and ash from a different eruption in 2010 shut down much of Europe's airspace for almost a week.

Yesterday a flight from Heathrow to San Francisco was re-routed away from the area.

However Melissa Pfeffer, from the Icelandic Met Office says relaxed aviation rules should keep planes in the air:



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