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Yet once more active volcano of the Iceland broke out on Saturday, closing the international airport which was closed during the days of last year when the last eruption.Ash from the eruption sent 12 miles in the air, closure of the Keflavik airport at 4: 30 p.m. Sunday, MSNBC reports.
Operator of the airport ISAVIA said: "the distribution of ash forecasts over the next six hours shows that the volcano ashes will be spread on the Iceland today, leading to the closure of most of the airports Icelandic as the day goes."
A spokesman for the airport, said that the ash plume was covering the Iceland, but it does not appear to be to the East of Europe, which occurred last year, but blew rather West to Greenland.
Transatlantic flights were diverted from the Iceland, but there is no indication that the generalised disruption would produce.
Last year eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano closes airspace in 34 countries for fear of the ash particles that can cause of turbojet engines stop, reports the Telegraph. It is the largest closure of airports since the second world war.
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Although the authorities said airspace European would not be affected by the eruption of the Iceland Grimsvotn volcano, dense ash are now in the airspace of Scotland and could disrupt flights as early as Monday evening, the Met Office, said the.
Met spokesman David Britton, stated that a cloud of ash high density was supposed to cover the parts of Scotland by 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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