Mount Etna rumblings shut Sicilian airport (AFP)

by Populux | November 25, 2006 at 08:36 am
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1 hour, 45 minutes ago ROME (AFP) - Catana airport on the Italian island of Sicily is to close as a precaution because the nearby Mount Etna volcano is spewing out ash, the head of the country's civil protection service was reported as saying. "Catana airport will be shut Saturday after sunset as a precautionary measure and will reopen at dawn on Sunday if there are no safety problems," Ansa news agency reported civil protection head Guido Bertolaso as saying. The airport had been closed during ...
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