Airlines cancel flights to and from Costa Rica San Jose airport due to volcanic ash
Record ID:
163680
Airlines cancel flights to and from Costa Rica San Jose airport due to volcanic ash
- Title: Airlines cancel flights to and from Costa Rica San Jose airport due to volcanic ash
- Date: 11th January 2017
- Summary: ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA (JANUARY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SANTA MARTA AIRPORT AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER AIRPLANES PARKED IN AIRPORT GENERAL VIEW OF AIRPORT GATES FULL OF DELAYED PASSENGERS VARIOUS OF SCREENS SHOWING CANCELLED FLIGHTS PASSENGERS COMING OUT OF TERMINAL VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS WAITING FOR TRANSPORT TO RETURN TO HOTELS DUE TO CANCELLED FLIGHTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN TOURIST WHOSE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED, SAYING "Apparently, the volcanic action has halted all flights so we're stuck here in Costa Rica until further notice, maybe until Sunday but probably even later than that. It's a little bit of a frustration but honestly, it's kind of nice too. It's not the worst place to be stuck so, you know, we could be in a lot worse position." FAMILY WAITING FOR TRANSPORT OUTSIDE AIRPORT AMERICAN RON HENRICK WALKING OUT OF AIRPORT AFTER HIS FLIGHT TO MIAMI WAS CANCELLED (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN TOURIST WHOSE FLIGHT TO MIAMI WAS CANCELLED, RON HENRICK, SAYING: "It is very inconvenient, we have to go back to the hotel and hope they have space for us to spend another night or maybe more, we don't know, hopefully we'll be on a flight tomorrow." SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (JANUARY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VULCANOLOGIST FROM THE VULCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY OBSERVATORY OF THE OVSICORI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ELIECER DUARTE, WORKING IN HIS OFFICE
- Embargoed: 25th January 2017 23:26
- Keywords: Costa Rica Turrialba Volcano aviation cancellations
- Location: ALAJUELA , TORREALBA VOLCANO AND SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
- City: ALAJUELA , TORREALBA VOLCANO AND SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
- Country: Costa Rica
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA0015YN1RGJ
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