Volcano Ash Shouldn't Disrupt American Air Travel

Fear not, domestic air travelers, ash from that Icelandic volcano shouldn’t pose a danger to your plans to hurtle through the air in a giant metal tube at several hundred miles per hour.

While some of the cloud might spread to the Canadian east coast today, it’s only an “infinitesimal” amount, according to AccuWeather.com meteorological sorcerers. Nope, you’ll just have to blame any irregularities on our good ol’ fashioned craptastic aviation operation system and infrastructure.

Ash ‘Not Significant’ Threat to N. American Aviation [Bloomberg]

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