Mexico City Airport cancels 22 flights due to ash from the Popocatépetl volcano

Mexico City International Airport (AICM) reported this Tuesday that due to the activity of the Popocatepetl volcano 22 flights from several Mexican and international airlines were canceled due to security checks on the aircraft due to ash being found during the flight upon arrival at the air terminal.

In a statement, through his social network account AICM He indicated that it “remains open and operating.”

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“Managers and specialized teams remain on alert and evaluating the ash fall conditions. Right now, The volcanic ash cloud heads towards the Gulf of Mexico“, said the statement.

“22 flights from different Mexican and international airlines were cancelled, due to safety checks on the aircraft due to having found ash in flight upon arrival at AICM”, said the AICM.

He added that management and Specialized teams “remain on alert and assessing ashfall conditions”.

He specified that the volcanic ash cloud is heading towards the Gulf of Mexico and asked travelers, if they have a flight scheduled for this day or the following days, to stay informed through their airline and the airport’s institutional channels.

Meanwhile, Mexico’s National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) reported that The Popocatépetl volcano “remains at phase 2 yellow alert level, and this activity does not pose a risk to the population”.

According to data from the National Disaster Center (Cenapred), after the increase in activity in May and June 2023, from July onwards “several episodes of high-frequency tremors of low to very low amplitude were recorded associated with the continuous emission of ash, sporadic exhalations and low-intensity explosions”. , which generated columns up to 2 kilometers high.

He recalled that during 2024 the activity continued with characteristics similar to those recorded from July onwards, with fluctuations from medium to very low levels and so far this year “24 low-intensity exhalations have been recorded and no explosions have occurred”.

It specified that the dispersion of ash from emissions and exhalations follows trajectories depending on the direction of the prevailing winds at the time of the event; According to today’s forecasts from the National Water Commission (Conagua), they are heading west-northwest of the volcano.

Source: Elcomercio

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