Travelore News Update: Flight Fears As Fresh Eruptions Continue Over Iceland

Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano continues to erupt, maintaining flight alerts.

Iceland’s second-highest peak, Bardarbunga, erupted in a spectacular mountain of lava and has placed flights over the region under question.

According to the NBC, the third eruption to take place this week alone sent 60 metre lava jets into the air from a fissure on the north side of the peak.

Bardarbunga has been thwart with hundreds of tremors throughout August, sparking fears that the volcano could explode.

Iceland had initially enforced a flight ban, during peak travel times, in fear that the eruption would release a plume of ash.

This is not the first time the country has been faced with flight-altering eruptions. In 2010, the smaller Eyjafjoell volcano erupted, sending gusts of ash through the atmosphere which rendered air travel impossible.

Thousands were stranded in what would later be known as the widest airspace shutdown since World War II.

Since Sunday, authorities have lowered the alert level from red to orange. However, flight warnings remain in place.

Authorities are hopeful the situation will stabilise and that Bardabunga does not have the same seismic repercussions as the 2010 Eyjafjoell eruption.

By KarryOn

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