Ash cloud hits presidential flights in Chile

Ash from a Chilean volcano fell across a wide swath of Latin America today, forcing cancellation of dozens of flights and grounding the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay.

Ash cloud hits presidential flights in Chile
Thu, 09 Jun, 2011 - 20:07

Ash from a Chilean volcano fell across a wide swath of Latin America today, forcing cancellation of dozens of flights and grounding the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay.

The ash dusted the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo as well as Argentinaā€™s Buenos Aires, roughly 850 miles north-east of the Cordon Caulle volcano that began erupting on Saturday.

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