An ash plume from Iceland's largest volcano is drifting toward Scotland and is set to disrupt flights there as early as Monday night, Britain's Met Office said.
Officials in Iceland closed the country's main airport, Keflavik International in Reykjavik, after the Grimsvotn volcano erupted on Saturday, but said they would resume flights later Monday.
Emergency workers carry supplies at the Geirland farm near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, May 23, 2011. (Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters)
The Met Office predicted the plume will move over Ireland, Scotland and parts of northern England by Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
A spokesman for the U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority told Reuters it's likely some flights will be disrupted.
Aviation officials in Norway said the cloud might also affect flights to and from the Arctic islands of Svalbard on Monday.
Danish air traffic officials said the main ash plume had reached eastern Greenland and Air Greenland said its Monday flight between the island's main airport and Copenhagen was cancelled as a result.
Iceland shut down Keflavik airport after the volcano started erupting on the weekend for the first time since 2004, but an Icelandic meteorological official on Monday said the eruption
Officials in Iceland closed the country's main airport, Keflavik International in Reykjavik, after the Grimsvotn volcano erupted on Saturday, but said they would resume flights later Monday.
Emergency workers carry supplies at the Geirland farm near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, May 23, 2011. (Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters)
The Met Office predicted the plume will move over Ireland, Scotland and parts of northern England by Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
A spokesman for the U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority told Reuters it's likely some flights will be disrupted.
Aviation officials in Norway said the cloud might also affect flights to and from the Arctic islands of Svalbard on Monday.
Danish air traffic officials said the main ash plume had reached eastern Greenland and Air Greenland said its Monday flight between the island's main airport and Copenhagen was cancelled as a result.
Iceland shut down Keflavik airport after the volcano started erupting on the weekend for the first time since 2004, but an Icelandic meteorological official on Monday said the eruption