Mount Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy’s Catania airport
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Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.
Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airport in Sicily.
“Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the cloud … has been closed,” Catania airport said in a statement on Saturday.
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Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.
Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airport in Sicily.
“Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the cloud … has been closed,” Catania airport said in a statement on Saturday.