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BREAKING! All flights to and from Iceland CANCELED!! DOOM ON!
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[link to www.bbc.co.uk]
The Icelandic authorities have imposed a local flight ban after the country's most active volcano, Grimsvotn, began erupting.
A plume of smoke has risen 20km (12 miles) into the sky from the volcano.
But Iceland's Meteorological Office says the eruption should not cause widespread disruption to air traffic.
Last year, ash clouds from another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokul, led to the closure of a large section of European airspace.
Governments feared that ash particles could cause aircraft engines to fail, and the closure caused chaos to air travellers.
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[link to www.msnbc.msn.com]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland closed its main international airport as a volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles into the air,
and other airports on the island are likely to close during the day, the civil aviation authority said on Sunday.
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