Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Volcano Merapi is erupting. No interruption to air transportation is reported

Jakarta, Indonesia - But 20,000 people have been evacuated

Smoke is rising from Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most volatile and dangerous volcanoes 2900 m high (see AVIONEWS). About 20,000 people living on the volcano's fertile slopes began evacuating as Merapi started erupting Tuesday, sending hot ash and rocks high in the air. Scientists had been warning for days that pressure building in the rumbling volcano has the potential to set off...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1122230
Rome, Italy, 10/27/2010 11:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Civil aviationSolarig Spain invests €1.15 billion to produce SAF aviation fuel

New plant in Teruel, Aragon, with capacity of over 75,000 tons per year

Equivalent to 33,000 flight connections between Zaragoza and London (considering a 50% sustainable fuel mix) more

DefenseLondon dismantles 14 CH-47 helicopters and entire Puma H-C2 fleet

Defense cuts to fill black holes. But Putin's threat of aggression looms

46 Watchkeeper Mk-1 drones also decommissioned. And the axe also falls on the forces of the Royal Navy more

AirportsLondon-Gatwick Airport South Terminal evacuated

As a precaution for safety reasons

Brief. The management company of London-Gatwick airport informs in a post on X that "A large part of the South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution while we continue to investigate a security incident.During... more