Airspace over Europe is still under hostage of the volcano ash by Zivka Deleva

The glass, sand and rock particles as an aftermath of the volcano eruption in Iceland are still giving headaches to the travelers that are left in the middle of nowhere. The ash that left after the volcano eruption on Wednesday wasn’t so friendly to the people and though nobody expected that it would keep so long over the sky of Europe, it still presents menace for the passengers. Few air companies made test flights to check out the safety of the sky, but the reactions are diverse. Some of the airlines say that their planes didn’t get damaged while passing through the ash. Seventeen countries have put padlocks on their skies and don’t give airline services! . As EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas hoped that today at least 50 percent of Europe’s airspace would be at no risk for flying. “We have an unprecedented situation. We cannot just wait until this ash cloud dissipates" - he added, concerning the authorities will to find a solution for the big problem. To solve this enigma, EU transport ministers today are supposed to get together on a conference by telephone. The biggest fear is that the volcanic ash can endanger aircraft engines and electronics. Passengers are not the only one to have headaches wasting time on some airport seats, but airlines are losing about 200 million dollars per day. As the European air traffic coordinating agency Eurocontrol says, 63.000 flights have been cancelled since last Thursday, and on Sunday there have only been 5.000 flights which is almost one fifth of the whole normal capacity. Eurocontrol co-ordinates air traffic control in 38 countries. Some experts think that the flig! ht bans are weight too restrictive. The most concerned are bus! inessmen and air companies’ owners. "The concentration of ash particles in the atmosphere is in all likelihood so little it poses no threat to air transport," said The Association of Dutch pilots’ chairman Evert van Zwol. Let’s wait and see what will the ministers decide today, do they find the situation so serious or the airspaces are going to be opened again.

by Zivka Deleva for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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