Volcanic ash closing Scottish airports
Discussion
DangerousMike said:
seems like the icelandic colcanoes have been quite busy inthe last 6 months.
when the volcanoes under the ice sheets erupt it does some amazing damage - I have driven round the south coast of iceland and last time this happened I think large chucnks of their main road just got swept away in the floods. This volcano though is just under a glacier and not an icecap, I think, though I guess its still a lot of water.
Last time it happened, the flow of water was more than the Nile, Amazon, Yangzte and Mississippi combined.when the volcanoes under the ice sheets erupt it does some amazing damage - I have driven round the south coast of iceland and last time this happened I think large chucnks of their main road just got swept away in the floods. This volcano though is just under a glacier and not an icecap, I think, though I guess its still a lot of water.
That's a little more than a lot of water.
danrc said:
I just heard from my BIL who is offshore (Northern North Sea) and he reckons he'll be there another week if the wind carries on in this direction. There is going to be some panic getting everything back to normal if it carries on.
Which platform is he on? That's where I am the now - on the Brent Charlie. Another week? I hope not because I have got holidays booked for the tail-end of next week which includes a long weekend in Dublin (not going by ferry either). Plus I'm choking on a pint!!
Flight cancellations for Friday starting to come in now.
My Friday is going to be interesting..... not.
What a time for telecoms people to hit the wrong cable at BA call centre. Rains and pours.
If anyone trying to ring BA UK call centres try 0191 211 3675 until network back up. Fixed
My Friday is going to be interesting..... not.
Edited by F i F on Thursday 15th April 13:44
B17NNS said:
BliarOut said:
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.
You always make it back to the ground.
J381 said:
danrc said:
I just heard from my BIL who is offshore (Northern North Sea) and he reckons he'll be there another week if the wind carries on in this direction. There is going to be some panic getting everything back to normal if it carries on.
Which platform is he on? That's where I am the now - on the Brent Charlie. Another week? I hope not because I have got holidays booked for the tail-end of next week which includes a long weekend in Dublin (not going by ferry either). Plus I'm choking on a pint!!
.....last plane that I heard come out of Heathrow and over my place in Ealing was 12.15pm those on that flight are certainly fortunate.....well I hope so.....'cos chaos will now ensue for the next few days....all is now eerily silent from the skies.
Edited by madala on Thursday 15th April 13:06
Asterix said:
Silly question perhaps...
The issue seems to be high altitude stuff for jets and the sandblasting of the windscreens.
What about prop engines at a lower altitude?
The latest NOTAM advises extreme caution for VFR flights, and that air-traffic services for flights outside of controlled airspace may be curtailed (ironic, in that the general reason cited for this is due controller workload dealing with the traffic *inside* controlled airspace - which has just been radically reduced).The issue seems to be high altitude stuff for jets and the sandblasting of the windscreens.
What about prop engines at a lower altitude?
Regarding the actual effect of the ash on propellor engines...well, after you - having been present some three feet behind the explosive disassembly of a propellor and associated engine shock loading last week, I've seen enough Lycomings damaged recently already....the damn ash might never get low enough to have an effect on typical GA engines, but some other bugger can find out.
eharding said:
having been present some three feet behind the explosive disassembly of a propellor and associated engine shock loading last week, I've seen enough Lycomings damaged recently already....the damn ash might never get low enough to have an effect on typical GA engines, but some other bugger can find out.
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