Ash reaches Africa and Turkey
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May 12, 2010, Wednesday
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VOLCANIC ash from Iceland wound its way down to North Africa and curled over to Turkey yesterday, forcing authorities to shut down Casablanca airport in Morocco as well as airports in Spain and airspace over Turkey.
Five airports in Morocco - 3,780 kilometers from Iceland - were closed yesterday afternoon "to guarantee a maximum level of security for passengers," the Moroccan civil aviation authorities said.
The April 14 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano stopped European air traffic for at least five days.
The ash was still causing havoc yesterday in nearby Spain, forcing airports to shut down in the Canary islands, affecting dozens of tourist flights. On the Spanish mainland, 1,300 kilometers from the Canary islands, airports at Seville and Jerez in the south and Badajoz in the east were closed.
Spain also kept restrictions on planes flying between 6,100 meters and 10,770 meters above the ground, mainly affecting trans-Atlantic flights to and from other European countries. Up to 20 Spanish airports, including Barcelona, had to close on the weekend because of the ash.
Flights were suspended over Turkey's Thrace region west of Istanbul and the Dardanelles Strait, southwest of the city for several hours yesterday afternoon due to the ash cloud.
Istanbul's two airports remained open, but international flights from Europe were likely to be affected.
Five airports in Morocco - 3,780 kilometers from Iceland - were closed yesterday afternoon "to guarantee a maximum level of security for passengers," the Moroccan civil aviation authorities said.
The April 14 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano stopped European air traffic for at least five days.
The ash was still causing havoc yesterday in nearby Spain, forcing airports to shut down in the Canary islands, affecting dozens of tourist flights. On the Spanish mainland, 1,300 kilometers from the Canary islands, airports at Seville and Jerez in the south and Badajoz in the east were closed.
Spain also kept restrictions on planes flying between 6,100 meters and 10,770 meters above the ground, mainly affecting trans-Atlantic flights to and from other European countries. Up to 20 Spanish airports, including Barcelona, had to close on the weekend because of the ash.
Flights were suspended over Turkey's Thrace region west of Istanbul and the Dardanelles Strait, southwest of the city for several hours yesterday afternoon due to the ash cloud.
Istanbul's two airports remained open, but international flights from Europe were likely to be affected.
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