Yeah, that's why I didn't get my newspaper this morning
Floffe Send a noteboard - 16/04/2010 12:29:25 PM
I once watched a documentary on the first time the dangers of flying through volcanic ash clicked in and people were like "ohhhhhhh this is why..." so I found this pretty interesting. Don't know if anyone else will, but I'm going to share anyways (Buwahaha)
"LONDON - An ash cloud from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale unseen since the 2001 terror attacks as authorities stopped all flights over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries.
Thousand of flights were canceled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, and officials said it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again.
In a sobering comment, one scientist in Iceland said the ejection of volcanic ash — and therefore possible disruptions in air travel — could continue for days or even weeks..."
"LONDON - An ash cloud from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale unseen since the 2001 terror attacks as authorities stopped all flights over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries.
Thousand of flights were canceled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, and officials said it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again.
In a sobering comment, one scientist in Iceland said the ejection of volcanic ash — and therefore possible disruptions in air travel — could continue for days or even weeks..."
I live on an island and to get here early enough the national papers are flown in in the morning.
Also, supposedly by the time it gets to Europe it's spread out enough not to be visible but still capable of damaging aircraft. Not that I could see it anyway, since it's raining here.
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/Travel News: Volcanic ash shuts air spae across Europe
- 15/04/2010 05:34:40 PM
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My first though was that Tim Wheeler has really gone too far this time
- 15/04/2010 06:14:18 PM
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My friend was suppose to fly here with a layover in Heathrow tomorrow.
- 15/04/2010 06:29:25 PM
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Combined with the Icelandic debt default, Europeans must just LOVE Iceland now.
- 15/04/2010 07:56:44 PM
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Yeah, that's why I didn't get my newspaper this morning
- 16/04/2010 12:29:25 PM
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