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Takeoff, but answered no questions. >> the powerful volcanic eruption throwing air travel world wide into complete disarray. flights into and out of europe now being canceled or delayed. with no signs that it will stop spewing grit and ash any time soon, the global travel troubles could just be the beginning. laura ingle is with us. >> it is a mess, heather. flight boards all around europe are lit up with the word, canceled, sinking the hopes of air travelers that they would be able to make it t...

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Melted. because when that water mixes with the magma, which is of course lava thats still inside the crater, it causes this ash to spew. so the more there is obviously, the longer the eruption, the longer the plane problems will continue. right now, as you know, most of the flights have been canceled over the next couple of days. some of the volcanologists that weve talked to at the university of iceland are saying it could go on for far beyond that, perhaps as long as ten days. but this is obvi...

The volcanos name translates in icelandic to island mountain glacier. youre going to have to go slowly with this onement. eyjafjallajokull. the ash that is spewing into the atmosphere by the unpronounceable volcano is enough to jam an aircraft engine. in our number one story, that ash has caused the largest transatlantic flight grounding since september 11th, 2001. in a moment, geologist bill burton on the scientific impact of this eruption. but first, dawna friesen reports from heathrow airport...

That all flights in and out of britain are canceled. at least until noon local time tomorrow. something that has never happened in living memory. airports in ireland, holland, denmark, norway, sweden, belgium, france and germany have all canceled flights, making this the biggest disruption to airlines since 9/11 by far. the current eruption happened under a glacier, causing floodwaters that forced hundreds of icelanders to have to evacuate. one weird fact about this, though, even though iceland ...

Nothing anyone can do. >> i just hope that they dont get angry with everyone and everyone accepts that this is an act of god and theres nothing we can do about it. we should just sit back and relax. >> from england to india, 17,000 flights are now cancelled and some of europes busiest hubs including airports in paris, london and amsterdam. why such extreme measures? the ash from that volcano in iceland can cause jet engines to shut down. geofizzisist say its impossible to predict how long the er...

Not many expected to take off across europe either. lawrence? >> dawna friesen at londons heathrow afrmirport, thank you. and our next guest in great demand tonight, good enough to join us from washington, bill burton, when will this volcano stop producing the ash that is grounding these airplanes? >> we dont know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- its like predicting earthquakes? theres just no predictive cap...

Thats causing a huge problem below for people in iceland, correct? >> thats correct. iceland is unique because they have glaciers above the volcanoes. the rupg eruptions melt the ic cause these floes. theres not a huge evacuation so they can evacuate them and get them out of harms way. >> what have you heard about how long this volcano could continue to spew this ash? >> well, this is not a particularly large eruption in the grand scheme of volcanic eruptions. so i think that its probably going ...

People reported there were sonic booms going on as well as it came through the atmosphere. >> how often does it happen? >> we go through it every year. they are rarely anything like that. most of the time we see small showers. this was an explosion. >> whats going on in iceland. theres a huge eruption. flights to europe are stopped. how long could it last? >> it could last a long time. this is a significant event for europe and plane travel. you cannot fly a jet plane through ash. i know it look...

I dont know where to go, what to do. >> i have to spend the night here, i guess, or maybe change my flight. >> well that volcano in iceland stranding thousands of travelers today. and around the world, flight cancellations continue to be in effect. in todays "by the numbers," the biggest disruption for air travel since 9/11. ash from the volcano spreading south and east all across europe. making flight hazardous for commercial, private and military aircraft. it is leaving plains on the tarmac an...