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Why was air travel across western and northern Europe disrupted in April and May 2010?

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Why was air travel across western and northern Europe disrupted in April and May 2010?
posted Jul 26, 2017 by Anurag Kashyap

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Extensive clouds of volcanic ash from eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
About 20 countries closed their airspace to commercial jet traffic affecting about 10 million travelers. Eyjafjallajökull is a relatively small ice cap covering the caldera of a volcano; the last eruption there had been 1821-3.

answer Jul 31, 2017 by Prajwal C.m.
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