ASH REMAINS BUT SOME EUROPEAN AIRPORTS REOPEN

HALF OF SCHEDULED FLIGHTS IN EUROPE
TO RUN ON TUESDAY SAID EUROCONTROL

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iceland's volcano has begun spewing lava and heavy ash again, threatening aviation officials' attempts to reopen the skies over Europe for air travel. About half of scheduled air traffic in Europe is expected to operate on Tuesday because of the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland, an increase on previous days, European aviation control agency Eurocontrol said. Some European airports reopened Tuesday and others were due to open progressively throughout the day after air-traffic controllers gave the go-ahead for the resumption of some commercial flights, but conditions remained variable in parts and some airlines were unable to make plans with certainty. Eurocontrol said in a statement it expected 14,000 flights to take place, compared with 27,000 to 28,000 that would normally be expected. On Monday, 67 percent of flights did not run. “By the end of today, we expect that more than 95,000 flights in total will have been cancelled since Thursday,” Eurocontrol said.

But the plans to reopen all European airports should be in doubt. A new cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano is expected to arrive Tuesday, and the U.K., in particular, is expecting further disruption. The Iceland's volcano erupted late Wednesday, spewing a cloud of fine but potentially dangerous dust high into the atmosphere and forcing air-traffic controllers to shut down swaths of airspace across most of northern and central Europe. Airlines and tour operators continued to estimate the financial impact of the chaos, as a result of lost revenue and the costs of passenger disruption. Manufacturing also is feeling the squeeze from blocked global trade routes. The disruption has left more than eight million passengers dislocated and cost airlines at least $1 billion dollars.

The volcanic ash still covers the sky in much of Europe, therefore the dangers and lack of security on flights still going on; however airlines only think in their economic losses and they are willing to allow the flights; they do not know that nature is being controlled by the Supreme Lord.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Everyone is perplexed by the same questions about earning and spending, but ultimately one must depend on the mercy of mother nature. ... The Bhagavad-gita, however, explains that the laws of nature are controlled by the Absolute Personality of Godhead. God alone is the controller of nature and the natural laws. Ambitious materialists sometimes examine a fragment of the law of nature, but they never care to know the maker of these laws. Most of them do not believe in the existence of an absolute person or God who controls the laws of nature. Rather, they simply concern themselves with the principles by which different elements interact, but they make no reference to the ultimate direction which makes such interactions possible.

Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda :
“The Science of Self Realization”
Chapter 1: “Learning the Science of the Self”