Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash From Iceland Spreads

Wow, this is a big deal!

British civil aviation authorities ordered the closing of the country’s airspace as of noon on Thursday to shield aircraft from a high-altitude cloud of ash drifting south and east from an erupting volcano in Iceland. The plume shut down airports and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in a wide arc from Ireland to Scandinavia.

The image above from FlightRadar24 shows aircraft starting to clear out of UK airspace.

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