Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Q: What's the difference between Eyjafjallajoekull and Cheryl Cole?
A: Eyjafjallajoekull has been blowing Ash this week.

I bet you'd get very few laughs if you said that to someone's face

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by danielf

I bet you'd get very few laughs if you said that to someone's face

I dunno listening to news readers trying to pronounce Eyjafjallajoekull all week has given me quite a few laughs.....

[alferret]

Ah its easy to pronounce just say


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%C3%B6kull.ogg

Oh n turn up your sound, it helps.

[Horace]

As an epilogue to this story :

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

http://vimeo.com/11205494

If you watch the North East coast of Scotland early on I believe those must be helicopter flights to oil rigs, there's also one or two flights in the UK during the shutdown, probably military or air ambulance flights.

Keep your eye on London!

[moiraf100]

Just bumping the thread as some of us may still have loved ones who aren't home yet.
My daughter is now back in Melbourne after hopping over to Auckland while waiting for her 4th of May flight home :-)

[zaax]

Now the weather is coming from the North will we have volcanic dust problem again?

Originally Posted by zaax

Now the weather is coming from the North will we have volcanic dust problem again?

Depends if the volcano is still erupting throught melt water.

[Hom3r]

SECONDS OUT, ROUND TWO.

DING DING

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...Irish_Airspace

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has imposed a no-fly zone over Ireland until at least 1pm tomorrow after the Volcanic Ash Advice Centre (VAAC) said a plume of ash is threatening to drift across the country.

The skies over parts of Scotland have also been closed tonight as a precaution after an increased concentration of volcanic ash was detected in the atmosphere, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.

Breaking: Sky News

[alferret]

I do hope this is a blip and the area's where fligts are cancelled doesnt spread to UK mainland as were due to fly out Saturday, but hey ho what will be will be.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat.../index.html#D1

[wwe]

i thught the volcano has stopped as they not been on news for a while then it was then saying its heding back over to ireland and they stopped planes from taking off

[Sasha222]

Ya we might not have any planes taking of from cork Mayo Dublin and cant remember where else. Its because of whichever way the wind is blowing. Thank god I dont fly anywhere but pity the poeple who have to or who have hols planned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8658738.stm

All flights in and out of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic have been grounded from 0700 BST because of fresh risks from volcanic ash.
Airspace over the Outer Hebrides in Scotland were closed earlier, affecting operations from Stornoway, Tiree, Barra and Benbecula.
Flights in the rest of the UK are operating as normal.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by wwe

i thught the volcano has stopped as they not been on news for a while then it was then saying its heding back over to ireland and they stopped planes from taking off

Eruptions tend to go on for weeks or months. The only reason they allowed UK airspace to reopen is because we didn't get as much ash headed our way as they thought we would. That could change, however, if the wind changes.

[moiraf100]

My daughter is finally on her way home :-)
She should be landing at Heathrow just before 9 this evening.