The Iceland Volcano Thread

very aviator-like

M.Pool wrote: »

a very short segment. I took the tone as pretty tongue in cheek.

Yes it was, she obviously didn't have a clue what questions to ask so resorted to tongue in cheek economical/financial questions and pathetic attempts at humorous ones.

Simply just a waste of an interview. Not even worth listening to.

http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=25398#top

this is an interesting read, translated from der spiegel

All that could change if Eyjafjallajokull awakens its larger brothers. The Katla volcano, barely 25 kilometers to the east, has enormously higher explosive power. It also has a rather nasty habit of erupting shortly after Eyjafjallajokull. The last major eruption of Eyjafjallajokull lasted for two years, ending in 1823 when Katla erupted like a massive cannon.

Fire-Spewing Giant

So far, Katla hasn't reacted - GPS stations haven't registered any movements in its slopes. But there's still another fire-spewing giant in the area - Heckla. "That volcano erupts, with a regularity that astonishes geologists, every 10 years," said Thomas Walter of the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam. "It is long overdue."

Such chain reactions are not uncommon for volcanic mountain ranges, especially in Iceland. "If one volcano erupts next to a neighboring one where pressure has also built up, then it can give it the decisive kick," said Walter; but he won't venture to predict when the next volcano will erupt./QUOTE]

0000Z advisory map

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1271634757.png

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated two commercial flights to the Far East on Sunday evening. There were no passengers on board these flights, which both carried cargo and the regular crew complement. The flights bound for Sharjah and Bangkok/Taipei were respectively operated by a Boeing 747 full freighter and a Boeing 747 combi. The Dutch aviation authorities granted KLM permission to operate these flights. Earlier on Sunday, KLM successfully operated nine test flights. None of these flights encountered any problems. According to KLM President & CEO Peter Hartman it is completely safe to operate flights during hours of daylight.

All Intercontinental flights scheduled to arrive into Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Monday April 19th are decided on a case by case basis, latest 4 hours prior to departure.

Progress of a sort? I'm going to remain optimistic.

Still erupting but the plume looks a lot lower and smaller than the last few days:

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually test flights through British and Irish air space have concluded that currently it is very dangerous over us.

Would you have a source for that?

Profit before People, the usual argument.

RTE News:

Airlines dissatisfied with ash response: IATA
Monday, 19 April 2010 09:05
The world's airlines are 'dissatisfied' with the way governments are responding to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe, the head of the International Air Transport Association said today.

In recent days several European airlines have successfully staged test flights through parts of the ash cloud blowing south from Iceland, leading some to question whether the current flight bans are necessary.

The IATA estimated yesterday that the biggest air traffic disruption since World War Two is costing the industry at least €150m a day in lost revenues in Europe alone.

AdvertisementThe Irish Exporters' Association has said that €95m worth of exports were being held up every day by the continuing air restrictions. Chief executive John Whelan said exporters were hiring trucks to take goods to southern Europe where airports are still open.

However, he added that valuable exports to the US and Asia were being seriously disrupted.


Shares in the two Irish airlines were sharply lower in early trade this morning, with Aer Lingus dropping 8.7% to stand at 68.5 cent and Ryanair losing 3.6% to €3.75.

It is estimated that the two airlines are losing over €7m a day as the volcanic ash cloud continues to cause travel chaos across Europe. About €28m has been shaved off the combine sales of Aer Lingus and Ryanair since the volcano erupted last week.