VOLCANO TESTS AIRPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES
April 1st, 2010
BY JULIAN RYALL, KARRYN MILLER and ALAN OSBORN
WITH the ongoing eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano has grounded airlines and stranded passengers across the world for nearly a week, airports have been scrambling to accommodate the millions of people blocked by an enormous plume of ash filling prime airspace. The crisis has especially tested contingency plans for the closure for entire air spaces - and lessons can be drawn by assessing these - both inside and outside Europe. Germany in particular has shown an exemplary response, with special ...
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