Travelers to and from Europe were stranded as ash from an Icelandic volcano continued to cause problems in Europe's airspace. BBC News reports, "Flights across much of Europe will be severely disrupted well into Saturday because of drifting ash ejected from a volcano in Iceland, officials said. Much of the airspace across northern and western Europe has been closed, and air control officials said some 17,000 flights would be cancelled on Friday." Now it's questionable whether President Obama and other world leaders can fly to the funeral of Polish president Lech Kaczynski. more ›

The Post, which called war on Canada geese earlier this year after the bird strike that downed US Airways Flight 1549, adds to its list of bird vs. flying machine incidents, reporting that a bird dent the front of a Boeing MD-80 which was landing at Laguardia Airport yesterday. more ›