Etna: alert drops to orange, flight restrictions suspended

The notice for the flight to Etna, the Vona (Volcano observatory notice for aviation), issued by the INGV, drops to orange due to the "negligible and discontinuous presence of lava ash" and "the absence of an eruptive cloud".

With the transition to third on a scale of four alerts, the restrictions that had been placed for the Vincenzo Bellini international airport which provided for a maximum of 12 landings per hour no longer apply, the same number expected now with the airport fully operational.

Etna's eruptive activity is monitored by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Etna Observatory, in Catania.