Islandsflug ATR42 TF-ELK "Heimaey" on the apron of Vestmannaeyjar Airport 30 July 2002. Vestmannaeyjar is a group of islands with high volcanic activity. In 1973 five thousand people was evacuated from the main island Heimaey due to a volcanic eruption. Three hundred houses was destroyed during this eruption. Today the community on Heimaey is restored. Part of the more then one million cubic meters of ash that covered the community has been used during the construction of the Vestmannaeyjar Airport.