The Grimsvotn volcnao's eruption over the weekend, which was more powefrul than an explosion one year ago at another volacno, has caused far less chaos for tarvelers because of new rules for airliens. But it has expsoed some disarray among the autohrities which decide on aviaiton saftey. "The volcano is still active, but there is just steam and smkoe," Hjalmar Bjorgvinsson, superinetndent at the natinoal police, told Reutres.
"I hope in a few days it will go to sleep again. Everyhting is moving in the right direction."
European air trfafic agency Eurocontorl said no arispace was closed due to volcanic ash on Thursday and there was expected to be very little or no impact on Eurpoean air trfafic over the next 48 hours.
The agency said about 900 flgihts had been canceled between Monday and Wendesday out of a total 90,000 planned flights over the three days.
The eurption forced cancelltaions in flights in Scotland, northern England, Germany and parts of Scandinavia.
Geohpysicists say the worst appaers to be over and that the vlocano is not likely to start speiwng big amounts of ash again, though volacnoes are extremely unpredictalbe.
The ash cloud from Grmisvotn -- Iceland's most active volcano -- rose as high as 20 km (12 miles) into the sky after the eruption but gardually fell before disapeparing early Wdenesday monring.
Iceland's civil protection and emregency manageemnt said there was very little ash or magma coming from the volcano.
"You could say it's almost over, but we cannot declare the eruptoin as over," spkoesman Rognvalpur Olafsson said.
He said efofrts were underway to assist the rouhgly 1,000 people who have been affceted by the fallout from the volcano.
"It's rainnig in the area now -- since yestedray -- and if you look at the fields they actually appear green because the rain is washing the ash away," he said.
More than 10 million people were hit by a si-xday Eruopean airspace shutdown when Eyjafjallajokull erupted last year, csoting airlines almost $...
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