Flight disruptions continue Friday in Alaska as volcanic ash drifts from Russia

Russia volcano disrupts Alaska flights for third day in a row

On February 17, 2008, the skies above Shiveluch Volcano in Russia’s Far East were clear and calm, allowing the ASTER instrument on NASAs Terra satellite to catch this view of a column of ash from a recent eruption seemingly frozen in the air over the mountain. The southern slopes of the snow-covered volcano were brown with ash. (NASA image) An ash cloud that has drifted from a Russian volcano to Alaska is disrupting travel across the state for t…

Ash from Russian volcano reaches Alaska, cancels flights

ALASKA (WJW) – Alaska Airlines canceled several flights Thursday after an ash cloud drifted to the state from Russia. An eruption of the Shiveluch volcano caused a large ash cloud to drift east over Alaskan air space for the “past several days,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday, according to Storyful. Suspect caught in bogus threat at local school The National Weather Service office in Juneau released satellite imagery that s…

Alaska Airlines Cancels Flights to Anchorage Due to Russian Volcanic Ash

Alaska Airlines canceled 28 flights to or from the state of Alaska yesterday after a volcanic ash cloud drifted over western Alaska. The Seattle Times reported that the ash cloud was created by a recent volcanic eruption in the Russian Far East. The precautionary measure was taken to prevent powdered volcanic rock…Read more...

Flight disruptions continue Friday in Alaska as volcanic ash drifts from Russia

Alaska Airlines canceled 11 flights by 6 a.m. and said more are possible, with delays likely through the day.

Alaskan flights halted as precaution due to ash drifting from Russian volcano

Alaska Airlines canceled dozens of flights on Thursday and Friday due to volcanic ash drifting over from the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Ash from Russian volcano prompts BC, Alaska flight cancellations

Some flights out of northern British Columbia are cancelled due to ash from a Russian volcano that erupted thousands of kilometres away. Air Canada says it is monitoring the ash cloud from the Shiveluch Volcano, which caused the cancellation of some of its regional flights to and from Prince Rupert ...