Showing posts with label International. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Airport International Iceland volcano eruption closes

The AP images

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.

Last updated 5/23:

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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CNN interviewed an employee of the hotel near the volcano. Discover this interview below:

Monday, May 2, 2011

Solar Impulse gives to the first flight International (PHOTOS)

The team behind Solar Impulse expected to fly on its first international flight next month, leaving Brussels on 2 may, the Associated Press Agency reports.


Bertrand Piccard, the man who co-students the first flight around the world non-stop balloon, leads the team of Solar Impulse.


The flight will be a "great challenge" as the aircraft should cross the networks of international air traffic, and it all depends on the team obtain the OK by the authorities.


The plan, which the wingspan of a Boeing 777, made his first trip to Switzerland in 2009.


In July 2010, the aircraft made its maiden flight 24 hours a day, showing the critics that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the Sun during the day to stay in the air during the night. Finally, the team hopes to circumnavigate the globe.



The aircraft is intended to show at the 49th International Paris Air Show in June.

Trip inaugural of Solar Impulse.