Sunday, 18 April 2010


Gordon Brown calls meeting over ash cloud flight chaos 

BBC News - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Gordon Brown is meeting ministers to discuss the impact of flight restrictions imposed after volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over the UK. ...

European airlines send up test flights despite ash 

The Associated Press - Arthur Max - ‎2 hours ago‎
The ash began spewing from an Icelandic volcano Wednesday and has drifted across most of Europe, shutting down airports as far south and east as Bulgaria. ...

Hollywood vs. The Volcano: Ash disrupts celebs 

The Associated Press - Derrik J. Lang - ‎10 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES — A volcanic cloud of ash hovering over Europe is causing quite a scene in Hollywood and beyond. The ash spat out by an Icelandic volcano that ...
Volcano Disrupts Hollywood Seven Sided Cube

Iceland's farmers try to save herds from toxic ash 

The Associated Press - Carlo Piovano - ‎48 minutes ago‎
SKOGAR, Iceland — In Europe, the volcanic ash danger travels at high altitudes, but for Iceland's farmers the problem is very much on the ground. ...

Ash cloud forces relaxed Merkel on European odyssey 

Reuters - Andreas RinkeMadeline Chambers - ‎18 hours ago‎
Merkel's plane was diverted to Portugal on Friday, enabling her to spend a night in Lisbon due to the cloud of ash from Iceland that has brought hundreds of ...

Volcano ash may hover for days 

The Press Association - ‎11 hours ago‎
The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound offered up new mini-eruptions that raised concerns about longer-term damage to world air ...

Ash cloud could delay Greek EU-IMF meeting Monday 

Reuters - David BrunnstromGiles Elgood - ‎4 hours ago‎
The spread of volcanic ash from last week's eruption in Iceland has forced closure of most northern and central European airspace and has severely disrupted ...

Dubai's Emirates loses $10 mln/day due to ash 

Reuters - Tamara WalidThomas Atkins - ‎3 hours ago‎
UL] said on Sunday it was losing $10 million per day, reaching a total of $50 million so far, due to flight disruptions caused by ash from an Icelandic ...

Ryanair cancels north European flights until Wednesday 

Reuters - Tim Castle - ‎1 hour ago‎
"There is no indication this volcanic ash is going to clear under the present weather from Ireland, the UK, Scandinavia or northern Europe. ...

Iceland volcano ash keeps Obama, others from attending Polish president's funeral 

Christian Science Monitor - Jaroslaw Adamowski - ‎3 hours ago‎
A cloud of volcanic ash from an Iceland volcano caused cancellation of flights across Europe putting which kept leaders from attending the burial ceremony ...