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An Air Force crewman ran 2km through rugged uphill terrain to get to the helicopter wreck that contained the bodies of three colleagues.

Three young men who were dedicated to their country should have gone on to accomplish much more in the years to come.

The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.

Sydney Airport is ready to send flights to Europe after the reopening of airspace.

Another Icelandic volcano is expected to explode, potentially causing more disruption than Eyjafjallajokull.

Tourism Auckland has had more than 200 offers from people offering rooms for stranded travellers.

Air NZ is bearing the brunt of financial losses caused by the the Iceland volcano disruption, an expert says.

Stranded travellers are piling into buses, trains and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission: Escape from Europe.

The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.

The impact of Iceland's erupting volcano should make us ponder the very nature of how we have organised the way we live now, writes Hamish McRae.

Air traffic could return to half its normal level in Europe if clouds dissipate overnight, EU officials have said.

Air NZ has started flying passengers home from stopovers if they are unwilling or unable to wait for ash to clear over Europe.