Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Iceland | April/May 2010 |  Friday 16
April 1830 GMT — The enormous plume of hot volcanic ash and gas,
reaching a height of about 24 000 feet, can be clearly seen
erupting from the ice-capped Eyjafjallajökull volcano. CLICK TO
ENLARGE  Eyjafjallajökull (Aya-feeyalla-yurkul), a volcano on
the Eastern Volcanic Zone in southern Iceland, began to erupt on
14 April 2010.  A plume of volcanic ash was at times ejected
several kilometres into the atmosphere by this eruption,
potentially causing a hazard for aeroplanes. UK airspace was
closed from 15–20 April, causing significant disruption, and was
reopened following new guidelines about ash densities that could
be tolerated by aircraft.  Occasional disruption continued when
increased explosive activity at the volcano coincided with
northerly to north-westerly winds that brought the ash towards
Europe.  The Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption  The first eruption,
on 20 March 2010, came from an ice-free area on the north-east
side of the volcano,