Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
 

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It's an ill wind that blows no good..;)

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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
 

well we have just had our first aircraft fly past our house today it was a business jet it was around 1pm ( in the south manchester area )

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We've had quite a few VFR aircraft, bedfordshire police helicopter resides a few miles away and we've seen that a few times, nothing though high up apart from a prop driven stuff

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its the first aircraft ive heard or seen in days since airspace was closed down

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The volcano is looking less active according to this.....http://www.nats.co.uk/

" The BBC's Lorna Gordon in Iceland says:
The top of the ash cloud reaching into the sky has lowered. It is no longer registering on weather radar and scientists estimate its maximum height is now around 3,000-4,000m. Mush less ash is now being released into the atmosphere compared to the beginning of this eruption and scientists say they believe the volcanic activity may now be entering a different phase. "

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Yep,one of our cameramen is stuck in California,so I'll work his Friday shift
if he isn't back by then.

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Daughter in Oz has been told that the earliest flight home is 6th May.
No-one with a British passport can travel on Emirates to Dubai as there is no onward flight to UK.
No recompense either as it's an Act of God!

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In-laws are having a whale of a time in Portugal, where they had no trouble extending their stay at their self-catering holiday villa seeing as nobody has arrived to take their place. They seem quite happy to sit it out.

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Just announced on sky news.
Plans in place to open scottish airspace at 06.00 tomorrow, Midlands at 12.00 and Southern England at 18.00. Lets hope.:)

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sky link

looks like willy walsh is playing a dangerous game to me

I don't think he's taking account of the accumulative effect of repeatedly flying through ash clouds which a lot of planes would do

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Reading THIS may deter some people from getting on a plane for a while. :erm:

Passenger safety is the most important issue here and the airline companies should remeber that.

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what happening to the people what if they got no money are the airlines looking after them

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Hopefully wwe, if not i`m sure that the British spirit will come through and others in the same boat will lend a hand.

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Scotland and Northern England seem to be opening up from 0700 tomorrow, just in time for my flight on Wednesday :)

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Yeah I have a flight on Wednesday, not looking forward to it now.....