Since noon today all airtraffic is grounded in norhtern Europe due to an volcanic eruption on Iceland. The ash cloud has spread over northern europe. The risk of malfunctioning engines on aircrafts has forced all airports to close down. No one knows for how long this will be, could be weeks or even months before the situation is back to normal.
In history this has happened before, in the 17th century one Icelandic volcano was active for over a year blasting ashes in to the sky and caused a climatic change for several years.
Read more here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tra...cle7098058.ece
Jan