Volcanic ash closing Scottish airports

Volcanic ash closing Scottish airports

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Coco H

4,237 posts

236 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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I am expecting someone from Stockholm to arrive tonight - how unlikely is that to happen? Flight into heathrow?

F i F

43,960 posts

250 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Flight Info lighting up red like the stock market in freefall at the moment. Only some airlines are up to speed, others still showing flights still going, but they need to get their thumbs out of their rear ends.

elster

17,517 posts

209 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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mrmr96 said:
Lefty Two Drams said:
mrmr96 said:
Lefty Two Drams said:
karona said:
http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

Norwegian satellite animation, takes a minute or two to load.
The massive grey patch is volcanic ash, there'll be nothing flying anytime soon.
Great link, TYVM!
I have a problem on my machine and that page won't load. What does the cloud look like? (i.e. width/lenght?)
fkin' huge.
I work in southampton, will the sky turn black today?
You're in Southampton...your whole world is black at present.

I don't understand the big deal, I know I wouldn't like to be running a jet engine through a load of dust as it is not just ash. So what if their is a delay.

BliarOut

72,857 posts

238 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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elster said:
mrmr96 said:
Lefty Two Drams said:
mrmr96 said:
Lefty Two Drams said:
karona said:
http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

Norwegian satellite animation, takes a minute or two to load.
The massive grey patch is volcanic ash, there'll be nothing flying anytime soon.
Great link, TYVM!
I have a problem on my machine and that page won't load. What does the cloud look like? (i.e. width/lenght?)
fkin' huge.
I work in southampton, will the sky turn black today?
You're in Southampton...your whole world is black at present.

I don't understand the big deal, I know I wouldn't like to be running a jet engine through a load of dust as it is not just ash. So what if their is a delay.
From my (microlight) flying days...

It is far better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than it is to be in the air and praying you make it back to the ground.


bp1

796 posts

207 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Any chance this will disappear by tomorrow? meant to be flying back to Glasgow tomorrow evening, better look into car hire just in case.

F i F

43,960 posts

250 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Coco H said:
I am expecting someone from Stockholm to arrive tonight - how unlikely is that to happen? Flight into heathrow?
BA771 Landed
SK525 Expected 0928
BA773 Expected 1029 ish latest info it's in the air anyway
SK531 No info SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath not took off. Now Cancelled
BA777 13:50 Delayed (expect cancellation maybe outside chance diversion is my guess)
SK529 14:35 SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath Cancelled
SK527 17:00 SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath Cancelled
BA779 17:15 Cancelled
SK 1523 17:50 SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath Cancelled
BA 781 18:40 Cancelled
SK 533 19:50 SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath Cancelled
BA 783 21:20 Cancelled
SK 1527 21:35 SAS sitting on thumbs don't hold your breath Cancelled


Tomorrow flights showing as still going, edited later cancellations coming in now.

HTH



Edited by F i F on Thursday 15th April 12:54

Matt Evans

1,530 posts

173 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Worth checking here if you're due to be flying out of Manchester today.

http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/ad/departures.h...

Damn Icelandic. First they screw us over with their banks, now they prevent us leaving the country!

irked


Edited to add link.

Edited by Matt Evans on Thursday 15th April 09:19

Northern Munkee

5,354 posts

199 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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I'm waiting for the first long faced family to be interviewed on tv demanding to know what the government are going to do about the volcano spoiling their holiday, GBroon, "we're committed to doing everything we can, to stop the volcano, through our volcano disruption recovery quango initiative, and why we have introduced a climate change levy..."

I hope there are severe financial penalties on Iceland for exceeding their CO2 quota, and I wonder if this a cunning plot by those icelanders to get out of paying the money their banks owe, that'll teach the Uk... Ahem.

And on serious note, will the acidity of the ash falling on my car affect the paint? Tinfoil anyone...

Love the"we bring you
live pictures of the volcano" on BBC news, cut to webcam of grey landscape with cloud, but where are the spewing jets of molten magma?! It looks like a winter shot of the N York moors!

Puggit

48,355 posts

247 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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It's quite clear there has been an over-reaction.

Don't get me wrong, safety first and all that. But if anyone can tell me why a flight from Southampton to Paris can't run at present (for instance) - I'd love to hear it.

The skies in the South are totally clear.

nelly1

5,630 posts

230 months

Matt Evans

1,530 posts

173 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Puggit said:
The skies in the South are totally clear.
They will be whilst you're stood on the ground. Get 40,000 feet up and it's a different matter.

Balmoral Green

40,660 posts

247 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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cerbfan said:
From what I've heard they reckon that this could close the airports for 2 days.
The elephant in the room over this story is that it could last for 2 days, but it could be weeks, months or even years. This is not getting mentioned, probably because the media/government daren't mention it, the consequences could be catastrophic.

I'm not usually one for tin foil hat stuff, but if this is where we are after 12 hours, how are we going to function if it lasts for weeks or months? Yes, we still have roads and shipping, but take air transport out of our infrastructure, and life could become quite difficult.

I'm just off out to hire a big van and clear the supermarket shelves.

nuts

Balmoral Green

40,660 posts

247 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Puggit said:
It's quite clear there has been an over-reaction.
I'm actually really quite surprised that there hasn't been. See my scaremongering post above smile

Fume troll

4,389 posts

211 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Balmoral Green said:
Puggit said:
It's quite clear there has been an over-reaction.
I'm actually really quite surprised that there hasn't been. See my scaremongering post above smile
I'm off to the Dragon's Den with my massive K+Ns for RB211's. Kerching.

Cheers,

FT.

mrmr96

13,736 posts

203 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Matt Evans said:
Puggit said:
The skies in the South are totally clear.
They will be whilst you're stood on the ground. Get 40,000 feet up and it's a different matter.
If the sky is blue and I can see the sun then presumably I'd also be able to see a big cloud of ash, no matter how high it is? I mean, I can see aeroplanes and the ash is about that high, non? I'm clearly missing something.

Targarama

14,635 posts

282 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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mrmr96 said:
Matt Evans said:
Puggit said:
The skies in the South are totally clear.
They will be whilst you're stood on the ground. Get 40,000 feet up and it's a different matter.
If the sky is blue and I can see the sun then presumably I'd also be able to see a big cloud of ash, no matter how high it is? I mean, I can see aeroplanes and the ash is about that high, non? I'm clearly missing something.
The ash becomes dispersed so you can't see it so far up there, but it is still plenty thick enough to cause potentially nasty problems to jet engines.

mrmr96

13,736 posts

203 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Targarama said:
mrmr96 said:
Matt Evans said:
Puggit said:
The skies in the South are totally clear.
They will be whilst you're stood on the ground. Get 40,000 feet up and it's a different matter.
If the sky is blue and I can see the sun then presumably I'd also be able to see a big cloud of ash, no matter how high it is? I mean, I can see aeroplanes and the ash is about that high, non? I'm clearly missing something.
The ash becomes dispersed so you can't see it so far up there, but it is still plenty thick enough to cause potentially nasty problems to jet engines.
Ok, cheers.

Lastinclass

511 posts

179 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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My office is very quiet today when I look out the window!
We overlook Aberdeen airfield and the difference in noise levels is amazing. We normally have helicopters coming in over our building setting off car alarms in the car park regularly and depending on wind direction fixed wing planes taking off or landing within a couple of hundered metres of my window.
On the other side we have a car rental office and the phone is going mental with extensions as people can't get away and one way requests with people trying to get home.

Devilstreak

8,088 posts

180 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Balmoral Green said:
cerbfan said:
From what I've heard they reckon that this could close the airports for 2 days.
The elephant in the room over this story is that it could last for 2 days, but it could be weeks, months or even years. This is not getting mentioned, probably because the media/government daren't mention it, the consequences could be catastrophic.

I'm not usually one for tin foil hat stuff, but if this is where we are after 12 hours, how are we going to function if it lasts for weeks or months? Yes, we still have roads and shipping, but take air transport out of our infrastructure, and life could become quite difficult.

I'm just off out to hire a big van and clear the supermarket shelves.

nuts
yikes

John MacK

3,170 posts

205 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Balmoral Green said:
cerbfan said:
From what I've heard they reckon that this could close the airports for 2 days.
The elephant in the room over this story is that it could last for 2 days, but it could be weeks, months or even years. This is not getting mentioned, probably because the media/government daren't mention it, the consequences could be catastrophic.

I'm not usually one for tin foil hat stuff, but if this is where we are after 12 hours, how are we going to function if it lasts for weeks or months? Yes, we still have roads and shipping, but take air transport out of our infrastructure, and life could become quite difficult.

I'm just off out to hire a big van and clear the supermarket shelves.

nuts