15 years ago this week, Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted, spewing ash high into the atmosphere and wreaking havoc on commercial air traffic in Europe and over the North Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft were grounded and millions of passengers were left stranded, some for weeks.
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In April 2010, Flightradar24 was much smaller, but our coverage had grown throughout Europe and we were able to capture much of the closure and restart of air traffic as the ash threat subsided.
You can see the near total closure of Northern Europe to air traffic on 16 April, with just a few flights (including low level helicopter traffic operating to oil platforms). Traffic gradually increases between the 17th and 19th, finally seeing near-normal levels on the 20th.
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