A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano that has caused the closure of airports across northern Europe may force a delay in Sunday's funeral for Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, an official in the presidential administration said on Friday. U.S. President Barack Obama and dozens of other global leaders are due to attend the funeral at Krakow's Wawel cathedral in southern Poland, Reuters reported. On Friday Krakow airport was one of only two in Poland still open.
"If this (volcanic ash) could affect events and if some participants are not able to arrive, then such an option (delay) could be considered," Jacek Sasin, an official in the president's chancellery, told RMF FM radio. Kaczynski, his wife and scores of senior Polish officials were killed in a plane crash last Saturday, plunging Poland into deep mourning. (Reporting by Chris Borowski, writing by Gareth Jones)