More power, less plume – answers
questions
- What happened on Sunday? tremors within an erupting volcano gained power
- Where did the plume of ash go? the scientists don’t know, it dropped off the radar
- Can you explain the title of the report? the power of the volcano increased as the plume of ash disappeared
- How big was the plume when the scientists last saw it? rising up to 4 to 5 kilometres above the volcano
- Where is the erupting volcano located? about 75 km south east of Reykjavik
- Whay is the plume of ash dangerous to aircraft? because it can choke their engines
- How far south has the plume now spread? to northern Spain
- How is the situation described by the spokesman? as having deteriorated
- What proportion of flights in Europe are expected to operate? only 4,000 out of 24,000
- What have KLM and Lufthansa started to do? What is the result? send test flights out, they haven’t reported any problems