Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
15-04-2010, 09:58
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Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Airports faced massive disruption today after ash from Iceland's volcanic eruption moved towards UK airspace.
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http://www.24dash.com/news/Communiti...at-UK-airports
http://www.u.tv/News/Volcanic-ash-di...5-1a51a27e30a3
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15-04-2010, 10:34
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
More effective than a bunch of striking BA workers!
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15-04-2010, 11:06
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Complete shutdown from midday. No flights allowed into UK airspace from then and I'd assume nothing taking off either. Ireland is pretty well shut down as well.
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15-04-2010, 11:12
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
If this goes on for long I imagine there'll be chaos for some time afterwards. We have a relative supposed to be flying back to NZ at the weekend.... 
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15-04-2010, 11:23
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Just be glad that the major part of the cloud has missed Europe altogether.. It's gone north of Norway
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15-04-2010, 11:24
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
This is really bad new, Mr Tink is due to fly back from Germany tomorrow. 
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15-04-2010, 11:29
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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This is really bad new, Mr Tink is due to fly back from Germany tomorrow. |
Awww sorry to hear that Tinks, fingers crossed he's back home soon!
I don't know... first we have the fallout from Iceland's banks to deal with an now it's fallout from their volcanoes... 
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15-04-2010, 11:44
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Awww sorry to hear that Tinks, fingers crossed he's back home soon!
I don't know... first we have the fallout from Iceland's banks to deal with an now it's fallout from their volcanoes... |
Unfortunately it's ash not cash.
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15-04-2010, 11:56
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Seems to be some concern that this eruption could trigger Mount Katla to erupt. That could be nasty. |
Ah well, we 're mired in an ocean of debt so a mountain of ash probably won't make much difference.. 
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15-04-2010, 12:01
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Ahem! Let's watch the political inferences folks.
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15-04-2010, 12:06
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Seems to be some concern that this eruption could trigger Mount Katla to erupt. That could be nasty. |
And what is more concerning is that this Volcano usually erupts when it's neighbour does... and it is under a massive sheet of ice apparently.
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15-04-2010, 12:15
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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This is really bad new, Mr Tink is due to fly back from Germany tomorrow. |
Mrs. F. should be on a flight back from Italy right now. Needless to say she isn't
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15-04-2010, 12:18
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Got this link off the Sky website - it shows up to the minute information on every plane in the Sky over europe.
UK air traffic is absolutely dead apart from the lower South regions...
http://www.radarvirtuel.com/?lat=54....3671875&zoom=5
Btw - this page does not work well in IE - try another browser.
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15-04-2010, 12:39
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15-04-2010, 14:47
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
My brother is meant to be flying back from Amsterdam tonight and then to Spain tomorrow evening. Got a feeling it isn't going to happen.
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