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<p>A laborer takes a nap over boxes of cargo piled up for Europe at the air cargo terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The International Air Transport Association says disruptions to European air travel from the volcanic ash cloud have cost the industry at least $1.7 billion. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)</p>

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Volcano tab tops $2 billion
April 22, 2010 9 p.m.

Volcano tab tops $2 billion

AMSTERDAM - Airlines toted up losses topping $2 billion and struggled to get hundreds of thousands of travelers back home Wednesday after a week of crippled air travel, as questions and recriminations erupted over Europe's chaotic response to the volcanic ash cloud.