Mount Etna causes airport chaos as it spews plumes of ash miles into the sky and wows tourists with fountains of lava in fresh eruption
Mount Etna erupted again today spewing out lava and huge black clouds of ash and smoke causing chaos at nearby airports as they were forced to limit and divert flights as pilots struggled with visibility.
It is the fifth time Europe's tallest volcano has erupted this summer after activity began on June 5 just days after Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) registered an increase in seismic activity which indicated subsurface magma movements.
Mount Etna, located on the eastern coast of Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes worldwide and has been going through an especially active period for the last five years
The latest activity started at around 3.20am local time (2.20am BST) and began with moderate eruptions, known as Strombolian eruptions, spewing from the Voragine crater.
