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| Iceland issues new Bardarbunga volcano alert | Iceland issues new Bardarbunga volcano alert |
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| Iceland on Sunday issued an aviation alert after a fresh lava eruption from a fissure near the Bardarbunga volcano, but the warning was later lowered. | Iceland on Sunday issued an aviation alert after a fresh lava eruption from a fissure near the Bardarbunga volcano, but the warning was later lowered. |
| Iceland's Met Office said there had been "a very calm lava eruption... hardly seen on seismometers". | Iceland's Met Office said there had been "a very calm lava eruption... hardly seen on seismometers". |
| Planes were banned from flying within 6,000 ft of the volcano peak until the red alert changed to orange. | Planes were banned from flying within 6,000 ft of the volcano peak until the red alert changed to orange. |
| Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in 2010, producing ash that disrupted air travel across Europe. | Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in 2010, producing ash that disrupted air travel across Europe. |
| Sunday's eruption in the Holuhraun lava field area was "calm but continuous", authorities said. | Sunday's eruption in the Holuhraun lava field area was "calm but continuous", authorities said. |
| It happened in roughly the same place as an earlier eruption on Friday morning, and is the third to happen in the area in the last week. | It happened in roughly the same place as an earlier eruption on Friday morning, and is the third to happen in the area in the last week. |
| The latest eruption was more intense than Friday's with around 10 times more lava said Armann Hoskuldssonk, a geologist from the University of Iceland. | The latest eruption was more intense than Friday's with around 10 times more lava said Armann Hoskuldssonk, a geologist from the University of Iceland. |
| But the Met Office later said: "No ash has been detected. The Aviation Colour Code for Bardarbunga has therefore been reset to orange." | But the Met Office later said: "No ash has been detected. The Aviation Colour Code for Bardarbunga has therefore been reset to orange." |
| BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott says that even if a big cloud of volcanic ash were emitted, it would not cause the same level of disruption to flights that brought Europe to a halt in 2010. | BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott says that even if a big cloud of volcanic ash were emitted, it would not cause the same level of disruption to flights that brought Europe to a halt in 2010. |
| He says new equipment that airliners and engine makers have been testing would allow planes to identify and fly around ash clouds. |