After the long stop in August, which caused significant inconvenience to travellers and heavy economic losses for the whole island, Etna it makes itself heard again and causes a crisis once again Catania Airport, where flights have been suspended since yesterday due to the ash cloud coming from the volcano.
Catania Airport: Flights suspended until 2:30 PM
Dopo un primo annuncio arrivato in mattinata, in cui si comunicava lo stop ai voli in partenza e in arrivo fino alle 14.30, arriva un’ulteriore proroga. “A causa dell’emissione di volcanic ash in atmosfera, è stata prorogata la chiusura del settore B3 e C1, con conseguente prosecuzione della sospensione delle operazioni di volo fino alle ore 22:00”, ha comunicato la Sac, la società che gestisce lo scalo etneo, chiedendo ai passeggeri di “verificare lo stato del proprio volo con le compagnie aeree”, prima di andare in aeroporto. Tradotto: departing and arriving flights are suspended almeno fino alla tarda serata di oggi. Alcuni sono stati hijacked on other ports, Comiso or Palermo first and foremost, many others have been deleted, causing significant inconvenience to passengers.
On the morning of Monday 14 September, the Etna Observatory of theEngv had issued aVona alert (Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation), i.e a red alert This message is addressed to dispatchers, pilots, and air traffic controllers to inform them of volcanic activity and eruptions that could generate dangerous ash clouds. For over 24 hours, variable degassing phenomena have been occurring from the summit craters, with almost continuous ash emissions from the Northeast Crater, weak Strombolian activity, and sporadic emissions from the Bocca Nuova.
