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Of explosions. they say the force of these explosions as it hits the water, plus what's going on with the volcano itself, the eruptions, that could shatter glass in your house windows in a radius of five kilometers or three miles. so people are on edge. again, this has been an up-and-down situation where there have been more intense eruptions and explosions, lesser, now, we're back to a more intense phase as you mentioned. the airplanes, again, flights cancelled by spain's airport operator saying flights in and out have been cancelled. um, they were on again, off again yesterday. they were can...

The question is really the weather and also the volcano itself, the intensity of the eruption that will determine whether or not they close the airports. german authorities are also saying they're looking at conditions, and that they may possibly have to close airports. it is exactly like the situation we were looking at back in april when airports were closed in europe for five days. scientists have been saying since those closures ended is that this volcano is still active, there is still a threat of more closures. it comes at a terrible time for british airways in this country. they have so...

>> i think 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 looks all compacted and you could fly around it. as it gets more diffuse, away from the volcano itself, there's ash in the sky and you can't see it. ash melts in the jet plane itself. in the engine, it melts and becomes like lava glass. you don't want that in your jet plane because in the jet itself, it will stop running and the plane will fall out of the sky. it's not like we are cautioning you not to fly. air space is closed. london heathrow, gatwic...

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. >> what's going on in iceland. there's 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 looks all compacted and you could fly around it. as it gets more diffuse, away from the volcano itself...

>> 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. >> what's going on in iceland. there's 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 looks all compacted and you could fly around it. as it gets more diffuse, away from the volcano itself, there's ash in the sky and you can't see it. ash melts in the jet plane itself. it melts ...