Delays, cancellations and diversions to other airports. Today begins with some success predictable mix at Catania airport to be re-examined due to the presence of a thick blanket of ash that fell on the city after the eruption of Etna.
The eruption of Etna captured by the satellite sensor
Because of theeruptive activity of the volcano tonightas reported by Sac, the Sicilian airport management company, delays and cancellations may occur. Passengers are asked to contact the airlines to check their flight.
enough flights were diverted or made to depart from Falcone-Borsellino airport in Palermo or from Comiso airportin the area of Ragusa, with the inevitable consequent inconvenience for passengers, forcing them to travel at least two hours by bus to reach their chosen destination.
I am 7 planes landed in Palermo instead of Catania already early in the morning.
As there is an eruption, the rain of ash covers the roofs of Catania: citizens reach out with brooms and blowers
What volcanologists say
And gradual increase in Strombolian activity which affects the Voragine Etna crater, which resumed yesterday afternoon July 10, noticed by the INGV, Etna Observatory, Catania from midnight.
Forecasting model of the spread ofAny oppressive cloud indicates a southerly direction. The activity produces ash emissions that spread towards the South according to the forecast model.
Etna, after the rain erupted volcanic ash on the streets of Catania
The average amplitude of the volcanic tremor, after a gradual increase observed starting from 8pm yesterday, reached the high level, with a growing trend. The centroid is the volcanic tremor sources located just east of the Voragine crater at an altitude of about 2,800 meters above sea level.
Infrasonic activity is high and the sources of the events are located at the Voragine crater. Regarding the current deformations of the clinometric and GNSS sensor networks do not show significant variations.
Etna, a new eruption from the Voragine crater: the images
The INGV, Etna Observatory, Catania has issued a warning for the flight, Vona, in red color, despite this new eruption stage of Etna. Vincenzo Bellini international airport is operationalbut delays were recorded, a WizzAir flight from Tirana to Palermo was diverted and two easyJets from Naples and Genoa were cancelled.