Ash Spreads Across Europe, Closing More Airports Friday -- New York Times
PARIS — Air travel chaos across the globe deepened on Friday as a vast, high-altitude plume of volcanic ash from Iceland spread further across northern and central Europe, forcing authorities to close airspace and ground airplanes to forestall potentially catastrophic damage to jet engines.
By Friday morning, most of Europe’s major airports — key hubs for international travelers — were closed. Thousands of flights had been canceled since the massive disruption began on Thursday, stranding or delaying millions of passengers from North America to Asia.
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