Iceland Raises Volcano Aviation Alert Again

An anonymous reader writes Iceland's authorities have raised an aviation warning for a region close to the Bardarbunga volcano after a small fissure eruption in the area. The eruption began around 0600 GMT prompting the Icelandic Met Office to raise the aviation warning code to red for the Bardarbunga/Holuhraun area, the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said in a statement. The country's meteorological agency described the eruption as a "very calm lava eruption and can hardly be seen on seismometers."

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Iceland Raises Volcano Aviation Alert Again

[Karl Cocknozzle]

Frankly, I'm shocked that Iceland extends pilots licenses to volcanoes. That seems like a terrible idea.