Icelandic Volcanic Ash

All flights in and out of the UK and several other European countries have been suspended as ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland moves south.
















The UK's airspace restriction was the worst in living memory, a Nats spokesman said. Some 600,000 people are thought to have been affected.














Experts have warned that the tiny particles of rock, glass and sand contained in the ash cloud from the still-erupting volcano could be sufficient to jam aircraft engines.















One passenger at Glasgow told the BBC: "I'm meant to be going to Lanzarote. We've travelled from Oban, leaving at 3am. Now we've decided we might as well just go home and do a bit of gardening."
















The European air safety body, Eurocontrol, said the cloud of ash had reached 55,000ft and was expected to move through northern UK and Scotland.















The eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland is the second in the country in less than a month. "Such a large eruption... would have the potential to severely affect air travel at high northern latitudes for six months or more.