Air traffic not affected By Sunna Karen Sigurþórsdóttir 29. ágúst 2014 06:19 Guðjón Arngrímsson. vísir/anton brink The eruption in the Holuhraun lava field in Iceland has no impact on air traffic from Keflavik airport, at least at this stage. No flights have been cancelled or modified according to Guðjón Arngrímsson, information representative at Icelandair. "We are monitoring the situation closely. At this stage the eruption will not affect any flights, but possibly there will be some minor changes." The aviation colour-code is RED, signaling that eruption is imminent with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere likely or eruption is underway or suspected with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere. At the early stages it was believed that the fissure was about 100-300 meters long. Now it looks like it's around one kilometer long. The eruption seems to be decreasing. News in English Tengdar fréttir The fissure thought to be about one kilometre long A scientist at the IMO in Iceland located about five kilometres from the eruption in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, estimates that the fissure is about one kilometer long. 29. ágúst 2014 04:14 Activity in Bárðarbunga volcano Over the last seven years seismic activity has been gradually increasing in Bardarbunga and the fissure swarm north of the volcano. 16. ágúst 2014 10:00 Volcanic eruption confirmed north of Dyngjujökull Webcams show that lava eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull. 29. ágúst 2014 01:16 Mest lesið Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent Segja verkfall kennara skapa ójafnræði og óréttlæti Innlent Sigurvegarar í keppni Musks ekki valdir af handahófi Erlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent Ekki lægri meðalhiti frá árinu 1997 Veður
The eruption in the Holuhraun lava field in Iceland has no impact on air traffic from Keflavik airport, at least at this stage. No flights have been cancelled or modified according to Guðjón Arngrímsson, information representative at Icelandair. "We are monitoring the situation closely. At this stage the eruption will not affect any flights, but possibly there will be some minor changes." The aviation colour-code is RED, signaling that eruption is imminent with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere likely or eruption is underway or suspected with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere. At the early stages it was believed that the fissure was about 100-300 meters long. Now it looks like it's around one kilometer long. The eruption seems to be decreasing.
News in English Tengdar fréttir The fissure thought to be about one kilometre long A scientist at the IMO in Iceland located about five kilometres from the eruption in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, estimates that the fissure is about one kilometer long. 29. ágúst 2014 04:14 Activity in Bárðarbunga volcano Over the last seven years seismic activity has been gradually increasing in Bardarbunga and the fissure swarm north of the volcano. 16. ágúst 2014 10:00 Volcanic eruption confirmed north of Dyngjujökull Webcams show that lava eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull. 29. ágúst 2014 01:16 Mest lesið Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent Segja verkfall kennara skapa ójafnræði og óréttlæti Innlent Sigurvegarar í keppni Musks ekki valdir af handahófi Erlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent Ekki lægri meðalhiti frá árinu 1997 Veður
The fissure thought to be about one kilometre long A scientist at the IMO in Iceland located about five kilometres from the eruption in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, estimates that the fissure is about one kilometer long. 29. ágúst 2014 04:14
Activity in Bárðarbunga volcano Over the last seven years seismic activity has been gradually increasing in Bardarbunga and the fissure swarm north of the volcano. 16. ágúst 2014 10:00
Volcanic eruption confirmed north of Dyngjujökull Webcams show that lava eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull. 29. ágúst 2014 01:16