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Updated: 8:07 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2009 | Posted: 7:53 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2009

Volcanic Activity Forces Alaska Airlines To Cancel More Flights



SEA-TAC AIRPORT, Wash. —

Alaska Airlines has canceled all flights between Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska.

Airline spokesman Paul McElroy said that Mount Redoubt erupted again on Saturday afternoon, sending volcanic ash into the air. Some of the ash fell on Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

McElroy told KIRO 7 that the airline canceled flights between Seattle and Anchorage on Saturday evening and continuing on Sunday.

Alaska Airlines flights were operating between Seattle and the Alaska cities of Fairbanks and Juneau, McElroy said.

There is no estimate on when Anchorage International Airport would open, McElroy said.

Passengers are urged to check with Alaska Airlines on the status of their flights before going to the airport.

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