Mass-media: Volcanic ash cloud, Eyjafjallajökull eruption

There has been continuous extensive air travel disruption across large parts of Europe since the second eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano on 14 April 2010, stranding millions of travellers.

The eruption occurred beneath glacial ice, and the cold water from melting ice chilled the lava quickly, causing it to fragment into glass, creating small glass particles that get carried into the eruption plume. This, together with the magnitude of the eruption, created a glass-rich plume in the upper atmosphere, which is very hazardous to aircraft. The presence and location of the plume depend upon the state of the eruption and the winds. (Wikipedia)

Volcanic Ash from Iceland Continues to Disrupt Air Travel
Voice of America
Photo: AP Air travel throughout Europe and around the world is still disrupted Saturday as thick clouds of ash from a volcano eruption in Iceland continue ...

Volcanic ash extends air shutdown
BBC News
A spokesman for Nats said the volcanic ash cloud was moving around and changing shape. "Based on the latest information from the Met Office, Nats advises ...

The science of volcanic eruptions
The Hindu
AP Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland on April 14, 2010. Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano is in the ...

Volcanic ash an ill wind for airlines and tourism
Los Angeles Times
But the volcanic plume limited those flights to about 120 arrivals Friday morning. "There is still very extensive coverage of northwestern Europe by the ...

Norway prime minister stranded abroad by volcanic ash cloud turns to iPad to ...
Los Angeles Times
By AP OSLO (AP) — Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, stranded abroad by the volcanic ash cloud, has discovered a new tool for governing remotely: ...

Volcanic Eruptions Affect Hundreds of Runners' Travel to Boston
New York Times
As many as 600 entrants from Europe may be unable to get to Boston for Monday's race because of volcanic eruptions in Iceland that have disrupted ...

Businesses greatly affected by volcanic ash disruption
KGO-TV
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KGO) -- Volcanic ash from Iceland continues to cripple air travel to and from Europe. That cloud of ash is still ...

AP Top News at 7:28 am EDT
The Associated Press
LONDON — A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe on Saturday, as Icelandic scientists warned that volcanic ...

Iceland volcanic eruption puts damper on Coachella acts
Southwest Riverside News Network
“We tried our best to get there, but our flights have been repeatedly canceled due to volcanic ash from Iceland,'' Delphic's Web site message says. ...

Passengers stuck as volcanic ash spreads across Europe
Sify
According to the foreign ministry, experts said the risk of ongoing volcanic activity for the upcoming days was high, noting that the 'the force of the ...

Blogosphere

Coachella Acts Might Miss Festival Due to Volcanic Ash : Rolling ...
Daniel Kreps  
A volcanic eruption that occurred under an Icelandic glacier on Wednesday, April 14th, has set off a series of unforeseen events that might force a few Britain-based artists scheduled to perform at this weekend's Coachella festival to ...

The Frame: Volcanic Ash Blankets Europe
Tim Reese, Assistant Director of Multimedia  
Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, ...

Volcanic ash cancels flights, commuters stuck - World - ibnlive
Disruption from the volcanic ash eruption in Iceland is costing airlines more than 0 million a day, air industry group the International Air Transport Association said. But unless the cloud disrupts flights for weeks, ...

Tonight, volcanic sunsets over Europe « Flickr Blog
Zack Sheppard  
To see more photos from the amazing sunsets over Europe because of the ash in the air, try an advanced search for volcanic sunset and limit the date to 'Posted after April 14′. Photos from Paul Sproat, Patrick Hoff, HoBo1921, jelmerdam, ...

Smoked Out: Why Volcanic Ash and Planes Fight for the Same Small ...
Olya Schechter  
"Plumes tend to be selectively injected into the jet stream," says coauthor Marcus I. Bursik, Ph.D., an expert on volcanic plumes and their effect on aviation safety at the University of Buffalo. That's because the fast-moving air both ...

NewsDaily: Factbox: Impact of volcanic ash cloud on Europe
Peter Apps  
The volcanic ash cloud making much of northern Europe a no-fly zone has hurt the prices of airline stocks, paralyzed air cargo delivery and disrupted business and leisure travel.

General update on the volcanic eruption | IceNews - Daily News
Russell  
The volcanic eruption in the glacier Eyjafjallajokull in South Iceland is continuing but Icelandic civil protection authorities have the situation as regards public response fully under control. The affected areas have been evacuated ...

Volcanic ash continues to disrupt Coachella schedule | Pop & Hiss ...
Todd Martens  
Scottish rock band Frightened Rabbit has had to officially pull out of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, as ash from an Icelandic volcano has grouned airliners into and out of Europe. Frightened Rabbit, touring in support of ...

How Volcanic Ash Can Kill An Airplane - Engines - Jalopnik
Ray Wert  
As volcanic ash spreads from an eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajokull region of Iceland, the British have taken the drastic step of locking down the country's airspace. Here's why.

Grounded by volcanic ash | Homepage Feature | PRI's The World
The World  
Aviation experts have warned that a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland, drifting across Europe, will continue to cause disruption well into the weekend. The European air traffic agency said that about sixty percent of European flights ...

Volcanic ash halts Europe air travel | Stuff.co.nz
Travel agents are flat out after a huge cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of up to 5000 flights in Europe, affecting thousands of New Zealand travellers.

Iceland's volcanic ash halts Europe flights on tailwind of ...
Kevin Wallace)  
Aircraft were grounded as volcanic ash from an Iceland volcano eruption moved closer to the base April 15 here. No determination has been made whether or not refueling missions in support of the Brilliant Ardent and Frisian Flag ...