vince14 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Thanks to a rather large volcanic eruption in Iceland, all of the UK's controlled airspace has been shutdown... National Air Traffic Services Vince Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Strewth, what altitude is this ash cloud coming over at? I'm on the N.Norfolk cost facing due N, I presume I can expect to have some of this deposit itself on the windows next time it rains... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pigsty Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Not just the UK - Norway has shut its airspace too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Ash cloud appears to be at about 55,000ft Live updates here; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8622438.stm Edited April 15, 2010 by MattC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peacock8 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Yep norwegian airspace totally shut down. And now with our "great" train system everything is booked. Impossible to get a train ticket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel Bunker Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Belgian airspace closed - looks like the rest of northern Europe to follow. Time to declare an interest - my wife and mother-in-law are waiting at Tel Aviv airport for their flight home - looks like they'll have an extended break. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Amazing. It will be interesting to follow this cloud as it progresses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pierre Sacha Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Some wag on Radio 2 just observed...... It's CASH that the UK wants from Iceland - not ASH :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%93...inancial_crisis Ken Edited April 15, 2010 by Flankerman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Dutch airspace closes completely at 7:00 PM (so less than 15 minutes to go) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rc.amsterdam Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Paris is also closed now. And donot forget all those people who wanted to go somewhere today. I myself wanted to fly from Torgu Mures (Romania) via Budapest to Amsterdam. CANCELLED. May be tomorrow. Now I am home and OK, but for 30 hours on an airfield, crowded? Further, I just read that it could last two days or more. Indeed: we want cash from Iceland not ash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I hope everithing is OK in monday, when I'm traveling to London and to Dagenham for busines trip... I was hoping to se Handon RAF museum... If there will be flights.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I hope everithing is OK in monday, when I'm traveling to London and to Dagenham for busines trip... I was hoping to se Handon RAF museum... If there will be flights.. BBC NEWS stated that the flghts have been suspened till 07:00 hrs tomorrow, but as a mere spectator I can't see that happeneing as the Volcano is still throwing up ash... I hope for you all that are flying and catching connecting flights that it gets back to normal soon.. { the sunset will be spectacular if you have sunny weather near you !} Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 { the sunset will be spectacular if you have sunny weather near you !} The skies are changing their colours every minute here as the sun sets. A few minutes ago it was yellow but now it's something between pink and purple. Pretty awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Satellite images from today, ash plume appears to move SE across North Sea, heading towards north coast of Germany and Frisian Islands area, apparently some ash fall on Shetland Islands, but looking at these satellite images, it looks unlikely to make mainland UK, and will probably deposit itself somewhere in the North Sea? Satellite Images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 ......The aiprort at LANDS END ,is the ONLY one in Operation as it is not afftected by the Volcanic ash Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) On several airports they are masking all openings of the unprotected aircraft on platforms. I saw pictures of a Transavia 737-800 and a KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 with all their air vents, static ports and pitot tubes completely masked off. It seems they expect the ash to descend :unsure: Edited April 15, 2010 by TheFlyingDutchman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Ash has been noticed on the west coast of Norway - appears mud-like Was to travel to Mexico sunday on business, but now..... ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Yikes.. meet Katla, Eyjafjallajökull's big sister :unsure: http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/...ess-neighbours/ If Katla joins the game of her little brother, the results might be catastrophic. And not only for air traffic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GretarBill Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Hey Ken We don't have much cash these days but plenty of ash. But I recon that's not the same thing?! :) Here are some pictures from the erouptin on Fimmvörðuháls I took three weeks ago. Tomorrow or on Saturday I'll put in some pictures I took over the Easter weekend of what was then a new crater. Here you can see live video of the eruption. Well in the daylight. They are expecting northerly winds over and after the weekend so that may change things. TheFlyingDutchman: Yes this is a small eruption compared if Katla showes her big teeth! Grétar W. G. Edited April 15, 2010 by GretarBill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 bump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 My Monday flight has been cancled... more luck with Handon next time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Its a case of Mother nature 1 - Airtravel 0 Airspace closed: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark ,Estonia (until at least 0000 GMT Saturday), Finland (all commercial flights grounded) ,Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland Partial closures: Austria, France (northern airspace, with Paris airports closed until 1200 GMT Saturday), Germany (most airports closed), Italy (northern airspace closed until 1200 GMT Saturday), Lithuania (air traffic control leaving decision to fly to individual companies), Norway (limited flights in north), Poland, Republic of Ireland (most airspace opened Friday), Sweden (northern airspace opened Friday), UK (some restrictions lifted) They are saying this is the biggest ever disruption of civil airtraffic http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8626505.stm Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RockyController Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hey Ken We don't have much cash these days but plenty of ash. But I recon that's not the same thing?! Here are some pictures from the erouptin on Fimmvörðuháls I took three weeks ago. Tomorrow or on Saturday I'll put in some pictures I took over the Easter weekend of what was then a new crater. Here you can see live video of the eruption. Well in the daylight. They are expecting northerly winds over and after the weekend so that may change things. TheFlyingDutchman: Yes this is a small eruption compared if Katla showes her big teeth! Grétar W. G. They mentioned on NBC news that history has shown that Katla usually erupts after this one does and the experts in Iceland say there is a good chance Katla will show her teeth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Never seen such a blue sky.. not even one contrail, nor a plane in the distance approaching Schiphol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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