Iceland Volcano Eruption 2011. The international airport Keflavik, Iceland closed on Sunday, May 22, 2011, after the volcanic ash and smoke Grimsvotn issue as far as 20 kilometers. According to news agency CBCnews, ash is expected to spread in Iceland for several hours, closing Keflavik and other airports on the island.
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Icelandic Meteorological Office said the ash and smoke not to Europe. Ash blowing towards Greenland, rather than westward. Grimsvotn is a volcano that lies beneath the glacier Vatnajökull. Grimsvotn last erupted in 2004.
Local officials said the explosion did not affect the same Grimsvotn volcanic eruptions Eyjafjallajokull spring 2010. Eyjafjallajokull caused by the eruption, the Icelandic authorities to close most of the European airspace.
Officials closed the air space in the continent for five days in April 2010, because it was feared the ash could damage a jet engine. As a result of the closure, about 10 million tourists stranded.
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