Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
20-04-2010, 18:17
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
The first jet plane iv`e heard take off in a long time has just gone from Manchester Airport. Not sure but another has just landed, could be the same plane.
My mistake there was 2 planes landing, not sure where they came from (looked like a purple sunflower on the tail)!
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20-04-2010, 18:19
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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The first jet plane iv`e heard take off in a long time has just gone from Manchester Airport. Not sure but another has just landed, could be the same plane.
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Thats one seriously quick flight!
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20-04-2010, 19:00
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Thats one seriously quick flight!
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I know i`m a 
Only heard the first one and it sounded like a take off, then 2 minutes later i saw another plane come past the window going in to land.
Wen`t outside and a neighbour said he`d just seen another land before the one i saw which must have been the one i heard.....(now my head hurts  )
Bloody noisy nuisance things, as soon as everyone is back in place they should be banned 
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20-04-2010, 19:21
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
A friend of my brother in-laws is stuck in Florida they had been there 2 weeks before A/C were grounded.
He's ben told that the earliest flight he can get is the 6th May, by then he'll have been out there close to 5 weeks.
As there is nowt he can do he's speending it exploring more of florida.
In one respect he's lucky as he's self employed, and his business partner is trying his best to keep the business afloat.
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20-04-2010, 19:31
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
thanks Big
Love the link, though I feel a bit of a fool, I was wondering what the red plane was...lol..must pay attention to what i click on
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20-04-2010, 19:40
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
I cant take credit for this witty tweet it belongs to http://twitter.com/andylockran
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Iceland go bankrupt, then manage to set their island on fire. Insurance scam written all over it.
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Radarvirtuel back online bit more info than flightradar24.com
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20-04-2010, 21:38
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Sun "Reader"
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The airlines have overreacted and caused panic. Flights leaving England will be going away from the ash. I don't understand why it's such a problem
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Oh bless.
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20-04-2010, 21:41
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
Just been announced on Skynews and BBC news that all UK airports will begin a " Phased Re-Opening " from 22.00 tonight.! 
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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20-04-2010, 21:43
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
It makes you laugh, why can't people understand the airlines were told to ground their aircraft.
Best of all to leave UK airspace they would have to fly through it, some people are idiots.
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20-04-2010, 21:45
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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It makes you laugh, why can't people understand the airlines were told to ground their aircraft.
Best of all to leave UK airspace they would have to fly through it, some people are idiots.
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well it was a sun reader
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20-04-2010, 21:45
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Great news
Hopefully you'll all have your loved ones home soon and i just *might* get to go on my holiday next week 
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20-04-2010, 21:48
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Great news
Hopefully you'll all have your loved ones home soon and i just *might* get to go on my holiday next week |
The authorities did the right thing in closing UK airspace until they were sure. If they closed them again in a few hours i would`nt mind because it`s for the passengers safety and that HAS to be paramount.
As much as i want my girls home so badly, i also want them to be safe, first and foremost.
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20-04-2010, 22:30
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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Great news
Hopefully you'll all have your loved ones home soon and i just *might* get to go on my holiday next week |
& where might you be off to SB? Anywhere warm?
Bloke I work with who was supposed to fly to Oz last Friday has been re-scheduled to fly this Thursday.
I hear the government is going to increase the short\medium & long haul flight taxes by 50% for the next 6 months to regain the revenue lost over the past 6 days  
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20-04-2010, 22:42
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK
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& where might you be off to SB? Anywhere warm?
Bloke I work with who was supposed to fly to Oz last Friday has been re-scheduled to fly this Thursday.
I hear the government is going to increase the short\medium & long haul flight taxes by 50% for the next 6 months to regain the revenue lost over the past 6 days |
I certainly hope so - i'm off to Barcelona for 5 days
I can well believe flights are going to shoot up in price because i was looking just last night and noticed return flights to Turkey I was keeping an eye on for October have risen by over £50
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20-04-2010, 22:47
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