Iceland volvano eruption threatens air traffic.

Islande : le trafic aérien sous la menace d’un volcan géant

par Yann Bertrand mardi 19 août 2014.
En 2010, l'éruption du volcan Eyjafjallajökull avait paralysé le ciel européen
En 2010, l’éruption du volcan Eyjafjallajökull avait paralysé le ciel européen © European air traffic paralysed in 2010.

Pour le quatrième jour d’affilée ce mardi, l’activité du volcan islandais Bardarbunga provoquait l’inquiétude des autorités, qui craignent une éruption perturbant sérieusement le trafic aérien. Une actualité qui rappelle celle de 2010, et l’annulation de 100.000 vols après l’éruption du volcan Eyjafjallajökull.

For the fourth day at a stretch today, the eruption of the Iceland volcano Bardarbunga is worrying the authorities, which could seriously disrupt air traffic. The occasion recalls that of 2010, and the cancellation of 100,000 flights after the eruption of Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull.

Depuis samedi, le volcan Bardarbunga est devenu le site le plus scruté d’Islande. Depuis qu’il montre des signes d’activité, il rappelle de très mauvais souvenir aux autorités ; des souvenirs datant de 2010 exactement, quand le volcan Eyjafjallajökull avait provoqué l’annulation de plus de 100.000 vols sur un mois.

Since Saturday, the site of the volcano Bardarbunga has become the most scrutinised in Iceland. Since it started to show signs of activity, it is bringing back the authorities worst memories; those of 2010 exactly, when the eruption back then caused air traffic chaos for a month.

Situé dans le sud de l’île, sous un glacier de la taille de la Corse, le Bardarbunga s’est réveillé il y a quatre jours. Depuis, quelque 2.600 séismes ont été enregistrés. Suffisant pour que l’institut météorologique islandais relève à “orange” son niveau d’alerte pour l’aviation. Le niveau suivant, le “rouge”, n’est activé qu’en cas d’éruption. En cas de fumées importantes, il pourrait provoquer d’importantes perturbations dans le nord de l’Europe et dans l’Atlantique-Nord.

Situated in the south of the island, under a glacier the size of Corsica, Bardarbunga woke up four days ago. Since then 2,600 seismic bursts were recorded. Enough for the Meteorological Institute of Iceland to launch an “orange” alert for aviation. The next level, “red” is not activated unless there is an eruption. In the case of large plumes of smoke, it could cause a lot of disruption in northern Europe and the north Atlantic.   

Au-delà des risques de perturbations pour le trafic aérien, une éruption pourrait provoquer des dégâts matériels, même si pour l’instant, insiste Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, volcanologue aux universités de Cergy Pontoise et Paris-Sud Orsay, l’activité du Bardarbunga reste réduite.

As well as the risk of disruption to air traffic, an eruption could cause material damage, for the moment, insists Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, volcano specialist in the university of Cergy Pontoise and Paris-South Orsay, the activity of Bardarbunga is still reduced.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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