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Coast Guard suspends search for pilot of small plane that crashed into the Atlantic off the Virginia shore; fighter jets were scrambled Saturday when the unconscious pilot drifted into restricted DC airspace before crash – @AP
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Video: A fresh eruption from a fissure near Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano was filmed by Rob Green of the University of Cambridge; the aviation warning level was briefly raised but Iceland’s Met Office described the eruption as ‘a very calm lava eruption’ – @BBCBreaking
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Iceland drops its ash alert level for aviation to orange, reporting no ash has been detected after fresh eruption from a fissure in the Bardarbunga volcano system – @Reuters
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Iceland raises aviation warning code for a region close to the Bardarbunga volcano after small fissure eruption in the area – @AP
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Nok Air Flight DD7805 heading for Bangkok from Nakhon Si Thammarat made an emergency landing at Surat Thani airport after hitting birds
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Poland’s air navigation authority says plane carrying Russian defense minister was denied flyover because plane changed status from civil to military
NEWS Icelandic volcanic ash alert status raised
Iceland’s Meteorological Office has again raised its alert status indicating the risk of atmospheric contamination by volcanic ash as a result of increased seismic activity near the Bárðarbunga and Trölladyngja volcanoes in central Iceland, both on the northern edge of the Vatnajökul glacial reg View article
NEWS Plane Carrying Greek Vice President Makes Emergency Landing At Thessaloniki
The Greek Prime Minister’s aircraft (Embraer) carrying the Vice-President and Foreign Affairs Minister Evangelos Venizelos from Ankara to Milan made an emergency landing at Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport, after the pilots noticed a cracked window. More details
NEWS Plane carrying 157 passengers from Liverpool makes emergency landing
An easyJet plane carrying 157 passengers from Liverpool to Naples had to make an emergency landing after smoke was detected in the cockpit. Read article
NEWS Illawarra crews test emergency response
Emergency personnel during a drill at Albion Park airport that tested … a scenario of a pilot injured after being forced to make an emergency landing. Read article