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Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.
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Eyjafjallajökull
Glacier and volcano in Iceland
Eyjafjallajökull, sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,651 metres (5,417 ft). The volcano has erupted relatively…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
Volcanic events in Iceland
Between March and June 2010 a series of volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western Europe.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
Disruption of air travel due to volcanic ash
In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, the controlled airspace of many European countries was closed to instrument flight rules traffic, resulting in what at the time was the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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