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  2. Ash from erupting Indonesia volcano cancels flights in and ...

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    More photos from various days since the eruption show the ash cloud in great detail, looming over villages. According to BNPB, 11,553 citizens have evacuated due to the eruptions. Twenty-three ...

  3. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    Mount Ruang spewed lava and and ash on April 17, seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi. It also triggered lightning in the ash cloud -- a common phenomenon in powerful volcano eruptions.

  4. Volcanic ash - Wikipedia

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    There are many instances of damage to jet aircraft as a result of an ash encounter. On 24 June 1982, a British Airways Boeing 747-236B flew through the ash cloud from the eruption of Mount Galunggung, Indonesia resulting in the failure of all four engines. The plane descended 24,000 feet (7,300 m) in 16 minutes before the engines restarted ...

  5. Eruption column - Wikipedia

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    The eruption column produced by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens as seen from the village of Toledo, Washington, which is 56 km (35 mi) away. The cloud was roughly 64 km (40 mi) wide and 24 km; 79,000 ft (15 mi) high. Eruption columns may become so laden with dense material that they are too heavy to be supported by convection currents.

  6. Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

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    The London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) was responsible for providing information about the ash plume to the relevant civil aviation authorities in the form of Volcanic Ash Advisories (VAA). On the basis of this, the authorities made decisions about when and where airspace should be closed due to the safety issues.

  7. What you need to know about volcanic ash

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    A volcanic eruption is one of the most powerful forces in nature, a seemingly unstoppable phenomenon that can have far-reaching impacts far beyond the area surrounding the volcano itself. When a ...

  8. 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia

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    This eruption lasted eight days, from 7–15 June of that year, with an ash cloud that would have required additional days to dissipate, [76] and resulted in worldwide abnormal weather and decrease in global temperature over the next few years. However, the second phase of Eyjafjallajökull's eruption lasted longer than that of Mount Pinatubo.

  9. Iceland earthquakes – live: Volcano eruption could happen ...

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    A look back to April 2010 when the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano that led to an enormous ash cloud which halted international air travel for over a week Iceland's volcano: a timeline of ...