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Sat 04 Apr 2010Effects of Katla eruption would put current air travel chaos in the shade
OTHER VOLCANOES:SHOULD THE Icelandic volcano Katla erupt the resulting spread of ash from the eruption column could disrupt air travel in Europe for several weeks.
The disruption to air travel caused by the current eruption in Eyjafjallajökull would pale in comparison with such an eruption, assuming that it was of the same magnitude as the infamous Katla eruption of 1918.
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