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2. Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

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   In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, [2] the controlled airspace of many European countries was closed to instrument flight rules traffic, resulting in what at the time was the largest air-traffic shut-down since World War II. [3]

3. 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia

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   Between March and June 2010 a series of volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western Europe. The disruptions started over an initial period of six days in April 2010. Additional localised disruption continued into May 2010, and eruptive activity persisted until June 2010.

4. Volcanic ash and aviation safety - Wikipedia

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   Volcanic ash and aviation safety. Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull disrupted air travel in Europe in 2010. Plumes of volcanic ash near active volcanoes are a flight safety hazard, especially for night flights. Volcanic ash is hard and abrasive, and can quickly cause significant wear to propellers and turbocompressor blades ...

5. Will the eruption of the volcano in Iceland affect flights ...

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   Many still recall the huge disruptions to international aviation in 2010, when a different Icelandic volcano, the Eyjafjallajokull, spewed giant clouds of ash high into the atmosphere over Europe.

6. Flights stopped as Mount Etna eruptions coat Catania city and ...

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   Flights were suspended at Sicily’s Catania airport on Sunday after Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, showered the city with a thick coating of ash.. Ash fell across the runway and over ...

7. Etna volcanic ash halts flights at Italy's Catania airport

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   ROME (Reuters) -Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted for much of the day on Tuesday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna, the airport operator said, bringing fresh ...