Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airport in Sicily.
“Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the cloud … has been closed,” Catania airport said in a statement on Saturday.
“All arriving flights at Catania Airport are suspended until 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT). Departures of aircraft currently at the airport are operating normally,” it added.
Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.
A plume of smoke could also be seen billowing from the summit on a webcam on the website of the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, which monitors Etna.
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