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Iceland Volcano's Ash Grounds European Air Travel

Ch_Omega writes "From the article at CBSNews: 'An ash-spewing volcano in Iceland emptied the skies of aircraft across much of northern Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale unseen since the 9/11 terror attacks. British air space shut down, silencing the trans-Atlantic hub of Heathrow and stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world. Aviation officials said it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again and said it was the first time in living memory that an ash cloud had brought one of the world's most congested airspaces to a standstill.'" The BBC says "Safety group Eurocontrol said the problem could persist for 48 hours," and the Deccan Herald describes some of the effects on the ground in the volcano's home turf: "In Iceland, hundreds of people are fleeing rising floodwaters as the volcano under the glacier Eyjafjallajokull erupted yesterday again, for a second time in less than a month."

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  1. Damn you George Bush!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This would not be happening if George Bush hadn't stolen the election from Al Gore!

    1. Re:Damn you George Bush!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      no this wouldn't have happened if scandinavia had put its fags to death! praise the lored!

  2. The fkn Brits deserve this. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The fucking Brits deserve this, i hope you chok on our ashes and as many airplanes as possible full of UK passengers will crash (due to the ash) into well populated areas.

    UK used terrorist law against us, for this our motherland will bring you your well deserved terror.

    1. Re:The fkn Brits deserve this. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 0, Troll

      The Brits were assholes to do that; but you guys really need to grow a spine and lynch the (fairly small and well known) group of banking oligarchs who crashed your economy.

      Iceland isn't a huge place; but you should have enough lampposts for the job.