Eruption near Icelandic volcano leads to aviation warning

Commercial flights over country unaffected after airspace is closed up to 5,000ft above fissure eruption close to Bárðarbunga

Icelandic authorities briefly raised the aviation warning code to red on Friday after a small eruption near Bárðarbunga volcano, but no volcanic ash has been detected by the radar system.

The fissure eruption which took place the Holuhraun lava field, three miles (5km) north of Dyngjujökull glacier was not highly explosive and produced little of the fine ash that can affect aircraft engines.

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