The eruption of the Icelandic volcano: flights across Europe could be EARTHED

Katla is reportedly showing "very dangerous" signs that she will blow soon, warned researchers.

And if so, it could spell chaos for the European airline industry.

In 2010, another Icelandic volcano – Eyjafjallajökull – erupted, spewing ashes and smoke into the atmosphere.

The visibility in the sky was so bad that for six days, planes were canceled in the west and north of Europe.

Icelandic and British volcanologists now think that there is a real risk that something similar could happen again.

The experts said that Katla, who is Icelandic for "kettle", is late for an explosion.

A recent report published in Geophysical Research Letters indicates that the volcano emits between 12 and 24 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide each day.

This indicates that a rash could occur on the horizon.

The report states, "Through high-precision airborne measurements and atmospheric dispersion modeling, we show that Katla, a highly dangerous subglacial volcano that erupted 100 years ago, is one of the most largest volcanic sources of CO2. percent of total global volcanic emissions.

Sarah Barsotti, Volcanic Risk Coordinator at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, said: "There is no way to say when it will burst, just that it will."

It is also proven that the magma chamber of the volcano fills up at an alarming rate.

Evgenia Ilyinskaya, of the Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics at the University of Leeds, added: "There must also be an accumulation of magma to release this amount of gas.

"It is well known from other volcanoes, for example in Hawaii and Alaska, that CO2 emissions increase by weeks or years before eruptions.

"It's a clear sign that we have to watch Katla closely. It does nothing, and these results confirm that something is happening. "