Continued Eruption at Puyehue Volcano Complex Wreaking Havoc in Southern Hemisphere
Eruption Details: CONTINUOUS EMISSION
Eruption Details from Darwin VAAC:
HIGH LEVEL ERUPTION, ASH MOVING EAST
Credit: NOAA and EUMETSAT
Ash and sulphur dioxide (SO2) from Puyehue Volcano Complex eruptions. The Ash RGB is composed from data from a combination of the SEVIRI IR8.7, IR10.8 and IR12.0 channels. Copyright Eumetsat 2011. Click image to enlarge.
Source: NILU Institute, Norway. Image may be subject to copyright.
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VA ADVISORY
DTG: 2011/06/13/ 00:00UTC
VAAC: Darwin
VOLCANO: Cordon Caulle 1507-141
PSN: S4031 W07212
AREA: Chile C
SUMMIT ELEV: 1,798M
ADVISORY NR: 2011/24
INFO SOURCE: MTSAT, TOULOUSE VAAC, AIREP
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: RED
ERUPTION DETAILS: HIGH LEVEL ERUPTION, ASH MOVING EAST
Airline Flights
Australian airline Qantas said it was too dangerous to fly through the thick clouds of ash drifting over the Pacific Ocean from continuous eruption at CORDON CAULLE volcano in the Puyehue Volcano Complex, Chile. Accordingly, it has cancelled all its flights to and from Melbourne. The decision follows earlier flight cancellations in and out of Tasmania and most of of New Zealand.
All other airlines, with the exception of Air New Zealand, have also grounded flights in the region.
The logic-defying Air New Zealand is risking the lives of its passengers by worming in out of the ash clouds, trying to dodge the worst of the plumes. The airline said it was adjusting flight paths to steer aircraft below the ash!!
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