Ash from an Icelandic volcano that caused Europe to close its skies forced the Nordic country's main airport to shut Friday, as international tourism chiefs said the crisis had cost their industry 1.7 billion euros.
Posts Tagged ‘Volcano’
Volcanic cloud forces Iceland’s main airport to close
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Meltdown, volcano: Weary Icelanders ask, what next
Saturday, May 1st, 2010It took Sigurdur Thorhallsson more than a decade to turn a patch of flat land wedged between glacier and ocean into a field fit to grow fodder grass.
Boom, bust, volcano: Iceland reels after years of crisis, but hardy inhabitants vow to rebuild
Saturday, May 1st, 2010It took Sigurdur Thorhallsson more than a decade to turn a patch of flat land wedged between glacier and ocean into a field fit to grow fodder grass.
German Test Jet Used for Analysis of Volcanic Ash
Friday, April 30th, 2010
A jet owned by the German Air Research Center, which is equipped with devices and sensors to analyze the ash emitted by the volcano in Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland, arrived in the country yesterday. Many Volunteers Help Clean Ash in South Iceland
Friday, April 30th, 2010
This weekend, at least 100 people have volunteered to help clean ash from farms and other inhabited areas below the Eyjafjöll mountain range that were subject to the most extensive ash fall from the volcano in Eyjafjallajökull glacier. Arm in arm
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Then came the eruptions this spring of the EyjafjallajA kull volcano, which belched ash that disrupted air traffic across Europe.
Flight Schedules in Iceland Return to Normal
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Although there is nothing to indicate that the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull is coming to an end, it appears as if the ash cloud from the volcano will not disrupt any flights in Iceland in the coming days. All airports can remain open and flight schedules return to normal. Icelandic composer J hann J hannsson returns, despite natural and economic disasters
Thursday, April 29th, 2010When I first phoned Jhann Jhannsson for our interview, the Icelandic composer wasn't at his current home base in Copenhagen, but stuck in the Madrid airport -- his plane grounded by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajkull volcano.
Volcano students so glad to be home
Thursday, April 29th, 2010A school's geography field trip was given a once-in-a-lifetime lesson when a volcano erupted, leaving them stranded on the north Atlantic island.
Reporter photographs Icelandic volcano erupting
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010A local press reporter snapped a series of stunning pictures of the Icelandic volcano erupting while holidaying on the island.
Acts of God
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010No Fly Zone http://nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/15/world/europe/airport-closings-graphic.html http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042102100.html "The year of the earthquake has suddenly become the year of the volcano.
Icelandair Made Volcano Crisis Management Look Easy
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010And you thought the volcano situation was over and done with, right? Not quite. The aftermath of the Icelandic eruption will continue for a long time, and we're starting to see a strong division between carriers.
Download – Correspondents Report
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010ELIZABETH JACKSON: Iceland's spectacular volcano has resulted in numerous people being stranded throughout Europe.
Volcanic Crater in Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Expands
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
The crater in the caldera of the volcano in Eyjafjallajökull glacier has grown. Coast Guard airplane TF-SIF flew over the eruption site yesterday. The crew couldn’t see the eruption but radar pictures show that the crater has expanded to 200 meters in diameter and has grown 150 meters tall. Watching Iceland’s volcano
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010It has caused untold misery for travellers, so how does it really feel to get up close and personal with Icelanda s now infamous volcano? It's infamous and unpronounceable, and brought chaos to Europe's airports - and here I was just 800m from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
The latest from our friendly neighbourhood volcano
Monday, April 26th, 2010The latest from our friendly neighbourhood volcano
Monday, April 26th, 2010Ash emissions at ‘insignificant level’
Monday, April 26th, 2010ONLY an "insignificant" amount of ash is erupting from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano, one of the country's leading seismologists said today, as European skies finally began to clear, allowing air traffic to resume.
Volcano’s Impact Felt in Iceland, Bishop Says
Sunday, April 25th, 2010By John Thavis Source: Published: A volcano erupts near Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland.