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smoke and steam rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, which erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air
Monday, Apr. 19, 2010

Open quoteThis is a European embarrassment and it's a European mess.Close quote

  • GIOVANNI BISIGNANI,
  • director general of the International Air Transport Association, criticizing European transportation ministers for taking five days to organize a conference call on the volcanic-ash crisis
Photo: Icelandic Coastguard / AP | Source: BBC