- Title: Mexico City airport shuts down operations due to volcanic ash
- Date: 20th May 2023
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (MAY 20, 2023) (REUTERS ) VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS STRANDED AT AIRPORT PASSENGERS AT AIRPORT'S WAITING AREA AND AIRPORT MONITOR SHOWING FLIGHT STATUS IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF AIRPORT MONITOR SHOWING FLIGHT STATUS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PASSENGER, ENRIQUE CHAVEZ, SAYING: "Because of the Popo ash ejection problem, all flights are delayed. We have not been giv
- Embargoed: 3rd June 2023 17:59
- Keywords: Airport Mexico City Popocatepetl ash volcano weather
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,South America / Central America,North America,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001398020052023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport reported early on Saturday (May 20) that it had closed its operations due to ash from the Popocatepetl volcano, which has been active for days.
Airport and airline staff were seen checking and cleaning runways and taxiways.
The airport halted operations at 4:25 a.m. for more than five hours. Several flights were delayed, and others cancelled.
Before midday, the terminal said it had resumed operations.
Popocatepetl ("the hill that smokes" in the Nahuatl language) sits some 72 kilometers southeast of Mexico City.
Since a new eruptive stage began in 1994, the volcano has been one of the most-watched worldwide, closely monitored by scientists, cameras, and sensors.
It also presents a danger for the millions living in its surrounding area on the eastern edge of Mexico City, home to 22 million people. Earlier this week, several towns closed school classes because of volcanic ash.
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