Passengers suffer flight disruption due to volcanic eruption

NARITA, Japan - A passenger (L) stuck at Japan's Narita airport talks to an official at an ad hoc health inquiry counter in the airport, east of Tokyo, on April 19, 2010. The local government of Chiba Prefecture set up the counter after the cancellation of flights linking Japan and Europe due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland. (Kyodo)

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