The eruption of Mount Merapi had killed at least 153 people.
The eruption of Mount Merapi had killed at least 153 people.
The biggest eruption was on Friday.
It destroyed villages and killing trees, animals and many people.
Flights to Jakarta, Jogjakarta and Solo was cancelled because of the volcanic ash.
Anyway Jakarta flights had resumed.
A farmer walks on his corn field covered in volcanic ash from Mount Merapi eruption in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo)
Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials as seen from Wukirsari, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo)Serious ash : A picture shows dead trees and mud clogging the river as massive clouds of hot dust and ash spew into the air from the erupting Mount Merapiin Sleman, Yogyakarta province, central Java.« Read lessVolcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi covers a village in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano sparked transportation chaos Sunday, with several international airlines canceling flights to the capital and neighboring Malaysia airlifting out hundreds of its citizens. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)Serious ash : A picture shows dead trees and mud clogging the river as massive clouds of hot dust and ash spew into the air from the erupting Mount Merapiin Sleman, Yogyakarta province, central Java.« Read lessSerious ash : A picture shows dead trees and mud clogging the river as massive clouds of hot dust and ash spew into the air from the erupting Mount Merapiin Sleman, Yogyakarta province, central Java.« Read less
Mount Sinabung in Sumatra. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
On Sunday, Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra island erupted; and on Monday it erupted again.
The volcano was inactive for four centuries or four hundred years; since 1600.
It shot ash 2 km or 1.5 miles into the air.
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people. (AP Photo/Roone Patikawa)
The eruption triggered the highest red volcano alert.
About 21,000 people left their houses because it is very dangerous to be near a volcano if it erupts.
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Hot lava and burning rocks from the volcano can burn houses, trees and everything on its way down the volcano.
Volcanic ash covered trees, plants, houses and everything in the area.
I wonder if Malaysian airspace and airport will be closed if the volcanic ash problems get worse …
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung volcano erupts. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung volcano erupts. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Volcanic ash from Mont Sinabung in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
So, when the airspace is open on Wednesday millions of people tried to get home.
It needs a lot of plane trips to get everybody home.
So some stranded passenger are still stranded even when the European airspace is now opened.
Jenna Suttmeier , 21, right, and Shannon Grossman, 20, left, from Seattle, United States, play volleyball as they wait for their flight to Madrid at the Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Sunday, April 18, 2010. Spain's airport authority has closed 12 airports as the ash cloud emerging from an Icelandic volcano reaches the north of the country. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)
This is adisaster especially to the stranded passengers.
If the volcanic ash get into the plane’s engines, the engines can shut down by themselves.
I got this list from CNN.
AIRSPACE CLOSED
Belgium
Full closure from 4:30 p.m. CET Thursday Britain
Closed until at 7 p.m. BST Friday Denmark
Closed until 2 a.m. CET Saturday Estonia
All airspace closed France
Some flights landing in Paris, no takeoffs Germany
Nine airports closed including Frankfurt and Berlin
Finland
Airspace closed until 3 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) Saturday Lithuania
Airspace closed until further notice Netherlands
From 7 p.m. CET Thursday Norway
Parts of the airspace open Friday Poland
Until 6 p.m. CET, except Krakow Sweden
To open limited airspace in north from 3 p.m CET Friday
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