Volcanic ash discussion here please!

donkey balls

saw this on pprune very interesting never recalled anything like this before in europe.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clouds-threaten-air-traffic.html

Mitch Buchannon

donkey balls wrote: »

saw this on pprune very interesting never recalled anything like this before in europe.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clouds-threaten-air-traffic.html

I think parts WILL be closed. I have been monitoring the Volcanic Ash advisory from the London VAAC and I have a feeling that it could seriously impact aviation in Ireland, UK and Northern parts of the continent.

Here is a link to the chart.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1271288580.png

DOCARCH

Apparantly all UK airspace is now closed until 6pm.

pclancy

I wouldnt say all of it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8621407.stm

jesus_thats_gre

Bah, flying with Aer Lingus to Berlin at 10..

hoody

Ryanair statement

Aer Lingus statement

Su Campu

RGB Satellite imagery picks up the plume nicely as it heads our way since 2000UTC yesterday. Select 12 and click Play

http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/RGB/ASH/ICELAND/index.htm

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

RGB Satellite imagery picks up the plume nicely as it heads our way since 2000UTC yesterday. Select 12 and click Play

http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/RGB/ASH/ICELAND/index.htm

Cool! looks like most of it will miss Ireland, I wonder will more transatlantic flights be routed further south or will they just cancel flights wholesale?

SQ2

Any ideas on what the state of play will be tomorrow? Meant to be flying to Krakow tomorrow morning...

Tabnabs

BAA says all London airports will be closed with no services from 11:30 a.m. BST (06:30 a.m. ET) due to volcanic ash from Iceland - NBC

This is getting interesting...

Shzm

I wouldn't use interesting to describe it personally. GFs family was meant to fly back to london this morning, now it looks instead like they'll be coming back here.

Damn you Iceland.

irish1967

robinph

Looks like it will miss Ireland alright, but with UK airspace closed that will still cut off most routes getting to Europe without going the long way round.

maquiladora

Statement from the Irish Aviation Authority

The Irish Aviation Authority based on advice from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, will start to close sections of Irish airspace from 1200 today. This will result in the shutdown of operations at Dublin Airport.

The cause of the closure relates to the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland, which is heading towards Ireland. It is not safe for aircraft to fly into volcanic dust as it can cause engines to shut down and other electrical faultsThe volcanic ash cloud is also causing severe restriction in UK Airspace. The situation is being closely monitored and an update will be provided at noon today.

Passengers are advised to contact their airline's website.

ENDs

Beeker

maquiladora wrote: »

Statement from the Irish Aviation Authority

The Irish Aviation Authority based on advice from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, will start to close sections of Irish airspace from 1200 today. This will result in the shutdown of operations at Dublin Airport.

The cause of the closure relates to the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland, which is heading towards Ireland. It is not safe for aircraft to fly into volcanic dust as it can cause engines to shut down and other electrical faultsThe volcanic ash cloud is also causing severe restriction in UK Airspace. The situation is being closely monitored and an update will be provided at noon today.

Passengers are advised to contact their airline's website.

ENDs

All Irish airports will be affected. No IFR flights will be accepted after 11:00z

murphym7

I'm supposed to fly from Amsterdam to Cork tomorrow morning - Am I in trouble do you think?

robinph

The predicted spread of the dust they were showing on Beeb news earlier had it going all along the top coast of Europe by midnight tonight. But then they said something about the wind now due to change direction so no telling.

Jammyc

Andrew33 wrote: »

Cool! looks like most of it will miss Ireland, I wonder will more transatlantic flights be routed further south or will they just cancel flights wholesale?

Looks like theyre being routed further south, looking at Radarvirtuel now and theres a stream of about 7/8 transatlantic flights going over/passed the english channel and heading west near the coast of france.

irishleedsfan

Im supposed to fly to mallorca tomorrow from shannon at 6:30 do ye think the flight will take off or will i unpack my bag

Jammyc

irishleedsfan wrote: »

Im supposed to fly to mallorca tomorrow from shannon at 6:30 do ye think the flight will take off or will i unpack my bag

I'm no expert, so I'd say just to keep looking at the website of your airline, or ring em. Theyll be able to tell you exact flights.

Foggy43

I agree with Jammyc. The ban maybe lifted by then but will there be any aircraft in Shannon to do the service? Aircraft will be out of position due to this and only the airline will be able to answer the question.

Foggy43

I a little worried about Radarvirtuel at the moment. BBC News 24 used the website at 1pm today and since I cannot access the site.

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You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.radarvirtuel.com Port 80

This is what I am getting. Is this due to overload?

Andrew33

Foggy43 wrote: »

I a little worried about Radarvirtuel at the moment. BBC News 24 used the website at 1pm today and since I cannot access the site.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.radarvirtuel.com Port 80

This is what I am getting. Is this due to overload?

Hmmm, I just got that too.:mad:

minotour

Foggy43 wrote: »

I a little worried about Radarvirtuel at the moment. BBC News 24 used the website at 1pm today and since I cannot access the site.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.radarvirtuel.com Port 80

This is what I am getting. Is this due to overload?

site down due to overuse, im sure their admins were overjoyed to be used on the BBC site.

Dacian

Its a plot by the BBC.......crash the site to ensure people go to bbc.co.uk to get updates on the air travel situation.

mickdw

Sky news did a big piece with that radar website too.

highlydebased

http://www.shannonairport.com/company/mediacentre/Disruptions_to_Flights_at_Shannon_Airport.html

The Irish Aviation Authority based on advice from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, has closed Irish airspace from 12:00 hrs today.

This will result in the shutdown of operations at Shannon Airport until at least 11:00 hrs on 16th April 2010.

A further update will be provided at 08:30 hrs tomorrow 16th April. Passengers are advised to contact their airline regarding future travel plans.

Dacian

Am assuming this would be a great time to try get shots of the large numbers of Aer Lingus and Ryanair aircraft parked at Dublin.......


anyone going parked plane spotting?


This UK site has great charts of the current and predicted spread of the ash cloud:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html

lord lucan

Eric Moody(former BA pilot involved in an incident involving flying through an ash cloud in '82 over Indonesia) has never been in so much demand. He's been on every news bulletin i've seen today.:)

donkey balls

lord lucan wrote: »

Eric Moody(former BA pilot involved in an incident involving flying through an ash cloud in '82 over Indonesia) has never been in so much demand. He's been on every news bulletin i've seen today.:)

here is part of the remake of flt ba09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrNuY2qXWhI

tinkerbell

I just read that no flights in or out of Ireland before 12 noon tomorrow at the earliest.