Volcano erupts more strongly, chaos continues

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Planes grounded as far as Ukraine; flights disrupted for at least 24 hours

LONDON - An Icelandic volcano causing travel chaos throughout the world is

erupting more strongly, a geologist warned Saturday, as the European aviation

control agency said flight disruption would continue for at least 24 hours.

Eurocontrol said no landings or takeoffs were possible for civilian aircraft in

most of northern and central Europe.

But flights were taking place in southern Europe, including Spain, the southern

Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Eurocontrol said it

expected 6,000 flights in European airspace on Saturday compared to 22,000

normally...

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