2011, Iceland Volcano Eruption Ash May Reach U.K
Iceland Volcano Eruption Ash May Reach U.K. This Week: Iceland’s most active volcano began erupting, scientists said on Saturday, just over a year after another eruption on the island of the North Atlantic closed the European air traffic for several days.Icelandic Meteorological Office confirmed that the eruption began at the volcano Grimsvotn, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. Smoke could be seen rising from the volcano, which is under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.
Do not fly zone was set for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the eruption. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all the airports and air navigation services in Iceland, called it a standard procedure around the volcanoes.
“Plume of smoke reached the altitude of the jet, and plans were made for aircraft flying through the Icelandic air space control flying south tonight,” said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, a spokesman for Isavia.
Grimsvotn last erupted in 2004. Scientists expect the new eruption, and said earlier that the eruption of this volcano is likely to be small and should not lead to chaos in air travel caused in April 2010 by ash from the volcano Eyjafjallajokull.
History shows that the previous eruption in Grimsvotn did not have a big impact on flight traffic, in contrast to the massive disruption caused by last year.
Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland, said the eruption in the past year was a rare event.
“Ashes to Eyjafjallajokull was persistent and relentless, and fine,” Einarsson said. “Ashes to Grimsvotn rougher and not as it may cause a danger, as she falls to the ground faster and not stay so long in the air, as in the eruption Eyjafjallajokull”.
The plane of the Icelandic Coast Guard of experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and assess the situation.
One eyewitness, Bolli Valgardsson, said the train quickly rose several thousand feet (meters) in the air.
Sparsely populated Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries in the world, and eruptions often.
Eruptions often cause local flooding due to melting glaciers, but rarely cause death.
Eyjafjallajokul eruptions in the past year remained about 10 million air passengers stranded around the world after the wind pushed the ash cloud to some of the busiest airspace in the world and resulted in the most northern European countries on the ground all aircraft within five days.
Whether widespread violation happens again will depend on how long the eruption lasts, how high up the ashes and in what direction the wind blows.
In November, the melted glacial ice began pouring from the Grimsvotn, signaling possible eruption. It was a hoax, but scientists have been monitoring the volcano closely until now.
The volcano also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993. Eruption lasted from day to several weeks.
Iceland Volcano Eruption Ash May Reach U.K. This Week: Iceland’s most active volcano began erupting, scientists said on Saturday, just over a year after another eruption on the island of the North Atlantic closed the European air traffic for several days.Icelandic Meteorological Office confirmed that the eruption began at the volcano Grimsvotn, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. Smoke could be seen rising from the volcano, which is under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.
Do not fly zone was set for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the eruption. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all the airports and air navigation services in Iceland, called it a standard procedure around the volcanoes.
“Plume of smoke reached the altitude of the jet, and plans were made for aircraft flying through the Icelandic air space control flying south tonight,” said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, a spokesman for Isavia.
Grimsvotn last erupted in 2004. Scientists expect the new eruption, and said earlier that the eruption of this volcano is likely to be small and should not lead to chaos in air travel caused in April 2010 by ash from the volcano Eyjafjallajokull.
History shows that the previous eruption in Grimsvotn did not have a big impact on flight traffic, in contrast to the massive disruption caused by last year.
Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland, said the eruption in the past year was a rare event.
“Ashes to Eyjafjallajokull was persistent and relentless, and fine,” Einarsson said. “Ashes to Grimsvotn rougher and not as it may cause a danger, as she falls to the ground faster and not stay so long in the air, as in the eruption Eyjafjallajokull”.
The plane of the Icelandic Coast Guard of experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and assess the situation.
One eyewitness, Bolli Valgardsson, said the train quickly rose several thousand feet (meters) in the air.
Sparsely populated Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries in the world, and eruptions often.
Eruptions often cause local flooding due to melting glaciers, but rarely cause death.
Eyjafjallajokul eruptions in the past year remained about 10 million air passengers stranded around the world after the wind pushed the ash cloud to some of the busiest airspace in the world and resulted in the most northern European countries on the ground all aircraft within five days.
Whether widespread violation happens again will depend on how long the eruption lasts, how high up the ashes and in what direction the wind blows.
In November, the melted glacial ice began pouring from the Grimsvotn, signaling possible eruption. It was a hoax, but scientists have been monitoring the volcano closely until now.
The volcano also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993. Eruption lasted from day to several weeks.
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