A handful of flights are now running from European airports after some airspace was reopened. This follows five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland. Planes have been taking off from major cities across Europe - however many flights remain cancelled. According to meteorologists, the skies over Europe begin to clear as the volcano ash cloud was pushed away from European airspace. However, the situation for the UK looks gloomy as recent weather reports suggest the ash cloud is returning to British air space.

Volcanic ash has left hundreds of thousands of people trapped in airports putting the aviation industry in meltdown. But as the airspace slowly starts to reopen, the question is raised by many if the reaction to the ash cloud was indeed an OVER-reaction. RT's Gayane Chichakyan investigates.


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