Ash clouds from Iceland wrecked travel plans

The ash clouds Iceland volcano disrupted hundreds of flights, stranded thousands of travellers and wrecked travel plans of countless others.The incident shutting down major airport hubs like Frankfurt, London and Paris disrupting air travel.

This is the biggest flight disruption since the 9/11 and thousands of passengers, many of them are travellers, were marooned at airports in Europe.
The Heathrow Airport, in London, one of the busiest in the world catering to 1200 flights a day appeared to be a bustling market place with travellers glued to departure panels on which all flights were cancelled.
The ash plume from the volcano is hanging between 6000 and 11,000 metres where it could suck into aircraft engines causing them to shut down. The black smoke has also reduced visibility to almost zero, still not showing any sign of cooling.