来自冰岛的一柱巨大的火山灰云连续第二天扰乱了整个欧洲的航空运输。这是2001年911恐怖袭击事件以来最大范围的停飞。
欧洲航行管制中心表示，因机场仍然关闭，星期五大约有1万7千次航班有可能将被取消。有关当局还表示，火山灰云对航空的干扰将持续到星期六。
波兰星期五关闭了大部分领空。两天后将为上星期在一次空难中遇难的卡钦斯基总统举行国葬。人们担心，火山灰云可能使世界各国领导人星期天前往波兰参加卡钦斯基总统葬礼的行程受阻。
但是总统的发言人星期五在华沙对记者说，虽然领空关闭，但是总统的家人不希望因任何原因改变葬礼的日期。葬礼定于在波兰东南部的克拉科夫举行。该地的领空目前已经关闭。
A huge ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland has disrupted air travel across Europe for a second day, in the most extensive airspace shutdown since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The European air traffic control agency, Eurocontrol, said about 17,000 flights are expected to be canceled Friday, as airports across Europe remained closed. Authorities say the disruptions will continue until at least Saturday.
Poland closed most of its airspace Friday, just two days ahead of the state funeral for Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash last week. There have been concerns that the ash cloud could prevent the arrival of world leaders to Sunday’s memorial.
But a presidential spokesman (Jacek Sasin) told reporters in Warsaw Friday that despite the closures, President Kaczynski’s family does not want the date of the funeral changed under any circumstance.The ceremony is to be held in Krakow, in southeastern Poland. Airspace over Krakow is currently closed.