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Posted on April 17, 2010 | tags

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World: Ashes to ashes: If you’re in Europe and want to fly, it sucks to be you

18,600 number of flights that were
canceled yesterday due to the erupting Iceland volcano
16,000 number of flights that will be
canceled today for the very same freaking reason source

» How long could this go on, anyway? The ash, which has a very damaging effect on aircraft (think what Lava soap does to your hands, except with an expensive plane), could be in cloud form for the next 24 hours at least; it’s causing chaos for European travelers, who have been forced to travel by boat, car, train or anything non-plane-related.

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