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Volcanic Eruption Shuts Down Main Airport in Costa Rica

Source: OVSICORI Civil aviation and airport officials in Costa Rica decided to suspend flight operations at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), located in the province of Alajuela, after a powerful afternoon eruption at the Turrialba volcano, located in the…

Earth Extremities
May 5, 2015

Active Volcano, Air Traffic Alert, Alert Level 2, Ash Plume, Aviation Alert, Aviation Orange Alert, Evacuation Alert, Orange Alert, Planes Grounded, Pollution Alert, State Of Emergency Alert, Volcanic Ash, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption

Airport closed and evacuations as Turrialba Volcano erupts in Costa Rica

San Jose’s international airport was forced to close and several villages were evacuated after clouds of ash from the newly active Turrialba volcano reached the Costa Rican capital, authorities have said. Flights were suspended because of poor visibility at…

Earth Extremities
March 22, 2015

Active Volcano, Alert Level 2, Ash Plume, Aviation Alert, Aviation Orange Alert, Orange Alert, Plane Diversion Alert, Volcanic Ash, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption

Two volcanoes spews out ash causing flight warnings in Guatemala

Ash clouds from two active volcanoes in Guatemala prompted local air travel warnings yesterday. The country’s National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology warned of columns of ash from the Fuego volcano in the south of the country…

Earth Extremities
December 27, 2014

Active Volcano, Alert Level 1, Alert Level 2, Ash Plume, Aviation Alert, Aviation Orange Alert, Aviation Red Alert, Emergency Updates, Magma Movement, Orange Alert, Pyroclastic Flows, Red Alert, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Lava, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption

Strong eruption and major pyroclastic flow observed at Sinabung volcano, Indonesia

Darwin VAAC reported a high level eruption of Indonesian Sinabung volcano on December 14, 2014. Aviation Color Code was briefly set to Red and later downgraded to Orange as the eruption became less active. At 02:32 UTC today (09:32…

Earth Extremities
December 15, 2014

Active Volcano, Alert Level 2, Ash Plume, Aviation Alert, Aviation Orange Alert, Plane Diversion Alert, Volcanic Ash, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption

Air traffic danger warning declared in Kamchatka over volcano eruption

An air traffic danger warning was announced in Russia’s Far East over the northern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula over volcanic ash emissions to altitudes of up to nine kilometers. Air traffic is recommended to suspend in the area…

Earth Extremities
December 13, 2014

Alert Level 2, Ash Plume, Aviation Orange Alert, Plane Diversion Alert, Planes Grounded, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Lava, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption

Japan volcano eruption hits flights

Flights in Japan have been cancelled or diverted to avoid a cloud of ash and smoke spewing from an erupting volcano in the south. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways warned passengers of ‘a number of cancellations and changed…

Earth Extremities
November 28, 2014
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Alaska’s Pavlov Volcano Eruption Prompts Aviation Alert

The unusually powerful eruption of Pavlof prompted aviation officials to briefly warn aircraft flying near the volcano of the ash hazard. The major eight-hour blast from the volcano sent a column of ash soaring high above the Alaska Peninsula for…

Earth Extremities
November 23, 2014

Active Volcano, Aviation Orange Alert, Orange Alert, Seismic Activity, Strong Strombolian Explosions, Volcano Alert, Volcano Eruption Imminent

Alert level raised to ORANGE due to increased activity of Barðarbunga Volcano in Iceland

Icelandic authorities have raised aviation alert levels to orange after seismic activity around one of the country’s volcanoes was detected. A swarm of earthquakes have been measured by Icelandic experts with the country’s Meteorological Office around the Barðarbunga volcano that…

Earth Extremities
August 19, 2014

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