2024-08-22 05:04:34
On Thursday morning, Air New Zealand announced it was canceling 10 flights due to the presence of volcanic ash on its routes.
A company spokesman later told AFP that flights were able to resume as ash cleared from the airspace.
In its latest situation report, the GNS Science Institute reported that “small eruptive activity” began in early August, based on satellite imagery.
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The institute warned that the incident was part of a “typical eruption cycle” at White Island, also known as Mount Whakaari in Maori, and that “this activity may continue for some time, weeks or even months”.
Experts said residents on the country’s main islands could breathe volcanic gases and suffer minor eye and throat irritation.
New Zealand raised its volcano alert level from level five to three in early August.
Access to White Island has been closed since a deadly volcanic eruption in 2019, a measure that has also put pressure on the work of experts, preventing them from carrying out repairs to monitoring systems and leaving “volcanology at Victoria University of Wellington” at risk. “Past eruptions,” said author Simon Barker. “
Volcanic ash caused severe damage to aircraft engines.
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