volcanic ash from Iceland heading towards europe with airports expected to be closed

donkey balls

Statement on Icelandic volcanic eruption: Wed April 14, 23:15dnesday 14 Apr 2010

"The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has issued a forecast that the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption in Iceland will track over Europe tonight. NATS is working with Eurocontrol and our colleagues in Europe's other air navigation service providers to take the appropriate action to ensure safety in accordance with international aviation policy."



Important information A planned closure of local airspace is expected to have a consideration impact upon passengers flying in and out of Aberdeen Airport on Thursday 15 April. The closure has been enforced by the air traffic control services, NATS, as a result of volcanic ash which is drifting toward the country from Iceland.
Those scheduled to fly are being asked to contact their airlines directly or check the live flight information below.

anyone going on flights north of birmingham could be affected thats what you get for slaging off the volvic water advert

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

sourcey, bitte?

mikom

Damn youuuuu Kerry Katona.

AnonoBoy

First their banks, now their volcanos.... poor Bjork.

donkey balls

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

sourcey, bitte?

the two articles are from the BAA aberdeen and NATS(uk atc)
here is another one i normally post this in the aviation section.
but since there is so many on AH i taught i would let you all know if travelling by air


http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clouds-threaten-air-traffic.html

Hal1

Pic of the ash cloud and webcam.

GLaDOS

donkey balls wrote: »

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre

I'm sure they actually perform an important function, but that sounds lie such a bull**** job

The_Kew_Tour

For country so small Iceland **** up a lot of things for people.

orourkeda

volcanoes are gay

The_Kew_Tour

orourkeda wrote: »

volcanoes are gay

Source or gtfo;)

starbelgrade

orourkeda wrote: »

volcanoes are gay

Are you afraid of crater rims?

Cheap Thrills!

That buggerin volcano powder is apparently going to ruin our summer...FFS

Yakult

Hal1 wrote: »

Pic of the ash cloud and webcam.

Even with the few thousand feet high ash cloud I would love to be where that picture was taking. Looks purdy

I remember an Icelandic volcano dumped a coating of red ash over here about 10 years ago - it made cars dirty but didn't close any airports as far as I can remember.

It's pitch dark in that webcam - it must be really bad.

Slippers 2

Deleted User wrote: »

It's pitch dark in that webcam - it must be really bad.

lol

GLaDOS

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

That buggerin volcano powder is apparently going to ruin our summer...FFS

What, it's going to make it sunny?

donkey balls

the bottom two charts estimate for the ash to arrive of the east coast by 1pm our time just as well i got the washing done today


easyjet&ryanair have cancelled some flights aerlingus will follow if operating in the same area.
http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/flight_cancellations_15april2010.html
http://www.ryanair.com/en/notices/gops/100414-ICELAND_ASH-GB

pebbles21

donkey balls wrote: »

the bottom two charts estimate for the ash to arrive of the east coast by 1pm our time just as well i got the washing done today

Volcanic tax from the greens next :mad:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

donkey balls wrote: »

the bottom two charts estimate for the ash to arrive of the east coast by 1pm our time just as well i got the washing done today

Lookslike they have a wall (or some Lost-esqueof sonar devices) along the North Sea Coast to protect themselves!!

Webmonkey

Prob a too serious question for here but does anyone know anything about aerlingus flighs. I got text this morning saying my flight cancelled and to rebook free on their site. No sign anything about it on there.

Im stuck in Germany ffs. Coming from Thailand, wish i was stuck there

TheZohanS

Webmonkey wrote: »

Prob a too serious question for here but does anyone know anything about aerlingus flighs. I got text this morning saying my flight cancelled and to rebook free on their site. No sign anything about it on there.

Im stuck in Germany ffs. Coming from Thailand, wish i was stuck there

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/Services/disruption_1504.jsp?P_OID=0&Category=3

Aer Lingus services have been disrupted today Thursday 15th April due to volcanic ash emanating from Iceland which has resulted in the temporaty closure of UK airspace and is causing disruption to flight paths across Northern Europe. Passengers are advised to expect delays and cancellations to their flights.


To find out the up-to-date status of your flight please click here.

We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused to our customers by this action, which is entirely beyond Aer Lingus' control.

The following Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled for Thursday 15 April:


DUBLIN

Dublin to Birmingham EI262
Birmingham to Dublin EI 263

Dublin to Manchester EI202
Manchester to Dublin EI203

Dublin to Manchester EI204
Manchester to Dublin EI205

Dublin to Edinburgh EI3250
Edinburgh to Dublin EI3251

Dublin to Glasgow EI3220
Glasgow to Dublin EI3221

Dublin to Cardiff EI3290
Cardiff to Dublin EI3291

Dublin to Amsterdam EI602
Amsterdam to Dublin EI603

Dublin to London Gatwick EI230
London Gatwick to Dublin EI231

Dublin to Brussels EI630
Brussels to Dublin EI631

Dublin to Dusseldorf EI692
Dusseldorf to Dublin EI693

Dublin to Krakow EI368
Krakow to Dublin EI369

Dublin to Warsaw EI362
Warsaw to Dublin EI363

Dublin to Vienna EI660
Vienna to Dublin EI661

Dublin to Amsterdam EI604
Amsterdam to Dublin EI605

CORK

Cork to Amsterdam EI840
Amsterdam to Cork EI841

Cork to Munich EI836
Munich to Cork EI837

Cork to London Heathrow EI710
London Heathrow to Cork EI711

Cork to Edinburgh EI3806
Edinburgh to Cork EI3807

Cork to Glasgow EI3832
Glasgow to Cork EI3833


LONDON

London Gatwick to Malaga EI902
Malaga to London Gatwick EI903

London Gatwick to Malaga EI904
Malaga to London Gatwick EI905

London Gatwick to Dublin EI233

London Gatwick to Cork EI811
Cork to London Gatwick EI812

SHANNON

Shannon to London Heathrow EI380
London Heathrow to Shannon EI381

BELFAST

Belfast to Alicante EI040
Alicante to Belfast EI041

Belfast to Faro EI072
Faro to Belfast EI073

Belfast to London Heathrow EI032
London Heathrow to Belfast EI033

Belfast to London Heathrow EI030
London Heathrow to Belfast EI031

Last time I went to Iceland, all I got was some frozen veg, chips and a couple of chickens... I didn't see any volcanic ash on offer.

seamus

Webmonkey wrote: »

Prob a too serious question for here but does anyone know anything about aerlingus flighs. I got text this morning saying my flight cancelled and to rebook free on their site. No sign anything about it on there.

Im stuck in Germany ffs. Coming from Thailand, wish i was stuck there

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/Services/disruption_1504.jsp?P_OID=0&Category=3

seamus

This will probably screw with the weather for a week or two, but keep an eye out for the sunsets, they're going to be awesome.

bonerm

Good looking women over there tho, so all is forgiven.

Webmonkey

bonerm wrote: »

Good looking women over there tho, so all is forgiven.

The good looking women are in Thailand, ive no more interest in western ones

Wazdakka

Noooooooooooooo...

I just bought a Bbq last weekend,
This is going to rightly fúck up my plans to only eat burnt meat and drink beer for the next few days.


Screw you Iceland :mad:

triple-M

irish airspace closed from 12-8 today so basically every flight is cancelled between 12-8
http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/irish-airspace-to-close-and-leave-60000-stranded-453995.html

jaykay74

You can see the lack of flights over UK and Ireland from the link below. It shows live flight tracking. You can click on any particular flight to see where its coming from and going to. Was only sent the link for the site yesterday. The ones in red are about to crash as far as I know.

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Wazdakka

Webmonkey wrote: »

The good looking women are in Thailand, ive no more interest in western ones

In the words of Admiral Ackbar,

It's a trap!

Wazdakka

jaykay74 wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/

That's a really cool website.

NothingMan

So can anyone confirm is it just a typical crappy overcast day or is it Iceland ruining the nice blue sky we've had all week? It certainly doesn't look like ash.

Fizman

Christ. Myself and a mate have a flight from Dublin to Fuerteventura for 7:20 on Saturday morning. This sh1t better blow over.

I can see it now......

Q:"Hey Fizman how did your chill out week in the sun go?"
A:"Oh we couldn't go because of volcano smoke in Iceland".
Q:"Ahhahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahaa".

seamus

We won't see any effect until dinner time (that's 6pm for you culchies).

It's just an overcast day.

Fizman

jaykay74 wrote: »

You can see the lack of flights over UK and Ireland from the link below. It shows live flight tracking. You can click on any particular flight to see where its coming from and going to. Was only sent the link for the site yesterday. The ones in red are about to crash as far as I know.

http://www.flightradar24.com/

There's a question mark flying over Wicklow! The Russians?

Great. Absolutely brilliant. Haven't been home since September and was scheduled to fly out today. Annoyingly, my flight is still listed as 'on time' and 'scheduled' but it surely can't be. I see Irish airspace is closed until 8pm, I'm scheduled to fly into Belfast for 8.30 - does that count as Irish airspace?
Looks like I'll have to hang around waiting all day, I can't rebook until my flight is cancelled.

kelle

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember an Icelandic volcano dumped a coating of red ash over here about 10 years ago - it made cars dirty but didn't close any airports as far as I can remember.

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It could have been this

The same happened in Ireland about 15 years ago but I can't find a source! I remember it so well because I was getting in the car to go to school and we were curious about the red powder on the car.

shinny

[quote=[Deleted User];65415346]Great. Absolutely brilliant. Haven't been home since September and was scheduled to fly out today. Annoyingly, my flight is still listed as 'on time' and 'scheduled' but it surely can't be. I see Irish airspace is closed until 8pm, I'm scheduled to fly into Belfast for 8.30 - does that count as Irish airspace?
Looks like I'll have to hang around waiting all day, I can't rebook until my flight is cancelled.[/QUOTE]

I'd imagine this is British Airspace which is closed until 6pm (at least)

alwaysadub

kelle wrote: »

It could have been this

The same happened in Ireland about 15 years ago but I can't find a source! I remember it so well because I was getting in the car to go to school and we were curious about the red powder on the car.

I remember all the red powder, was that not sand from the Sahara Desert though? Or were my parents bull sh1tting me?

maquiladora

alwaysadub wrote: »

I remember all the red powder, was that not sand from the Sahara Desert though? Or were my parents bull sh1tting me?

That was Sahara dust. There are even places to check the dust forecast from the Sahara : http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.php

Aidric

What a sickner for people travelling. Of all the reasons you might have reasonably have expected for a cancellation, volcanic ash probably wasn't one of 'em.

seamus

alwaysadub wrote: »

I remember all the red powder, was that not sand from the Sahara Desert though? Or were my parents bull sh1tting me?

Yeah the red dust was saharan sand which came down with the rain. It happens a good deal more often.

This is the best-known case of what happens when you fly through volcanic ash:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

ball

I'm going travelling for a year starting tomorrow.

Looks like I'm stuck here

SugarHigh

Webmonkey wrote: »

The good looking women are in Thailand, ive no more interest in western ones

Men who go to Thailand for women are normally into trannys or 10 year old's.

M5

Anyone know what direction the cloud is heading?

Also is it due to clear Ireland by tomorrow evening?

Due to fly back from Poland tomorrow evening into Dublin

kelle

kelle wrote: »

It could have been this

The same happened in Ireland about 15 years ago but I can't find a source! I remember it so well because I was getting in the car to go to school and we were curious about the red powder on the car.

alwaysadub wrote: »

I remember all the red powder, was that not sand from the Sahara Desert though? Or were my parents bull sh1tting me?

Yes you're right, that's what my link is about (sorry, I posted the wrong link before!!)

shinny

shinny wrote: »

I'd imagine this is British Airspace which is closed until 6pm (at least)

Perhaps they really are intending to fly. It's just irritating not knowing either way. I better not get all the way out to Heathrow to be told it's cancelled.
Stupid Iceland! :mad:

Jip

Wazdakka wrote: »

That's a really cool website.

This one is better, gives you the details of the plane such as the airline, speed and where's it going to and from

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

kelle

Jip wrote: »

This one is better, gives you the details of the plane such as the airline, speed and where's it going to and from

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

And on it right now is an Icelandair plane which is going from Reykjavik to Amsterdam - WTF??? If planes can take off from Reykjavik, why not north UK?

It's south of Rosslare Harbour now.

RonMexico

but, but, a VOLCANO Joe

Liveline today will be hilarious:D

Fizman

There's also a cityjet flight from Paris approaching London. Will it have to circle the airport until tomorrow?