Flights cancelled as ash cloud pours from Chile volcano
Updated: 2015-04-24 07:17
(Agencies/chinadaily.com.cn)
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Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt, April 22, 2015. The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted for the first time in more than five decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometres into the sky. [Photo/CFP] |
International airlines that fly into Santiago contacted by Reuters said they were monitoring the situation but flights were unaffected.