Sicily's Catania airport reopens after Mount Etna eruption
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Rome: Sicily s Catania airport reopened Friday after a temporary suspension of flights earlier in the day caused by an eruption from Mount Etna, Europ...
Rome: Sicily's Catania airport reopened Friday after a temporary suspension of flights earlier in the day caused by an eruption from Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano.
The airport said late Friday afternoon that it had fully reopened, while warning of some temporary delays.
Flights were suspended Friday morning after ash plumes from the nearby active volcano of Mount Etna shot up into the sky Thursday as high as 4.5 kilometres, according to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).
Footage shared on social media showed the streets of Catania's city centre covered in thick layers of black ash, slowing down traffic.
By Friday afternoon, the airport said it had cleared the runway and resumed departures, while limiting arrivals to two per hour.