Airlines Avoid Area Near New Zealand Volcanic Eruption
From Times Staff and wire reports
Airborne volcanic ash can be devastating to airplane engines and in recent years commercial aviation firms have learned to give erupting mountains a wide berth.
So authorities did not hesitate to close the Auckland, New Zealand, airport for two nights when ash clouds erupted from the Mt. Ruapehu volcano, a 9,000-foot peak on the country’s North Island.
There have been several sizable eruptions at Ruapehu since last September. There has been no loss of life, however.
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