EYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's most dynamic volcano has started bursting out, scientists said Saturday - just during a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days.
Iceland's Meteorological Office sustained that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, along with a series of small earthquakes. Smoke can be seen rising from the volcano, which lies under the unpopulated Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.
A no fly zone has been denominated for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the blast. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, identified this as standard function around eruptions.
"The plume of smoke has reached jet flying height and plans have been made for planes flying through Icelandic air control space to fly southwardly tonight," said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, the spokeswoman for Isavia.
Grimsvotn last bursted out in 2004. Scientists have been anticipating a new eruption and have said previously that this volcano's eruption will probably be small and should not lead to the air travel chaos caused in April 2010 by ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
History shows that former eruptions in Grimsvotn have not had much influence on flight traffic - unlike the big disruption caused last year.
Pall Einarsson, geophysicist at the University of Iceland, said last year's eruption was a rare consequence.
"The ash in Eyjafjallajokull was unyielding or unremitting and fine-grained," Einarsson said. "The ash in Grimsvotn is more coarse and not as likely to cause danger as it falls to the ground faster and doesn't stay as long in the air as in the Eyjafjallajokull eruption."
A plane from the Icelandic Coast Guard carrying experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and assess the situation.
Iceland's Meteorological Office sustained that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, along with a series of small earthquakes. Smoke can be seen rising from the volcano, which lies under the unpopulated Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.A no fly zone has been denominated for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the blast. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, identified this as standard function around eruptions.
"The plume of smoke has reached jet flying height and plans have been made for planes flying through Icelandic air control space to fly southwardly tonight," said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, the spokeswoman for Isavia.
Grimsvotn last bursted out in 2004. Scientists have been anticipating a new eruption and have said previously that this volcano's eruption will probably be small and should not lead to the air travel chaos caused in April 2010 by ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
History shows that former eruptions in Grimsvotn have not had much influence on flight traffic - unlike the big disruption caused last year.
Pall Einarsson, geophysicist at the University of Iceland, said last year's eruption was a rare consequence.
"The ash in Eyjafjallajokull was unyielding or unremitting and fine-grained," Einarsson said. "The ash in Grimsvotn is more coarse and not as likely to cause danger as it falls to the ground faster and doesn't stay as long in the air as in the Eyjafjallajokull eruption."
A plane from the Icelandic Coast Guard carrying experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and assess the situation.
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