Mount Etna eruption and volcanic ash shut Sicily’s busiest airport
- Flights will be suspended until at least 2pm local time (1200 GMT), as hundreds of travellers remain stranded.
- Continuing volcanic activity from Mount Etna has forced the closure of Sicily’s busiest airport.
- Authorities at Vincenzo Bellini Airport said on Friday that flights will remain suspended until at least 2pm local time (12:00 GMT) on Saturday, with ash from the volcano causing the greatest disruption the airport has seen in more than two decades.
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- Flights will be suspended until at least 2pm local time (1200 GMT), as hundreds of travellers remain stranded.
- Continuing volcanic activity from Mount Etna has forced the closure of Sicily’s busiest airport.
- Authorities at Vincenzo Bellini Airport said on Friday that flights will remain suspended until at least 2pm local time (12:00 GMT) on Saturday, with ash from the volcano causing the greatest disruption the airport has seen in more than two decades.
Sources: Al Jazeera