The UK is closed for business

[xxMATTGxx]

kinda feel bad for the tourists, i know what it's like to be stuck in a que for hours

Yeah, I feel bad for the people who live in Iceland more really. They are being affected worst then us with floods and other issues it's causing.

[Mathew]

the volcano isn't called Eyjafjallajokull, Eyjafjallajokull is the glacier it lay under, and my reaction to that name was, why the **** let kids hit keyboards.

I thought they'd just made it up as a joke at first.. LOL!

I remember watching an Aeroplane Crash Investigation show once where that happened..

Sucks to be flying in or out of the UK right now.

I saw that investigation!! They're really intresting when it gives facts about how long people need to get out of a plane and stuff. It would never be that easy if it really happened

Anyway right now, I'm in a hotel room in Florida waiting to go out. Funnily enough, we are "due" to fly home to England tomorrow. We're flying to Heathrow quite late tomorrow so hopefully everything should be back to normal.
There's going to be a lot of stressed people about their cancelled flights. I just wish they'd realise their flights are cancelled to save lives.

Just reading that it's the biggest shutdown since the Second World War . Spooky?

[cocaine]

According to the press release from Eurocontrol the airspace of the following countries is closed or will be closed:

- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Belgium

It is expected that also the airspace of the following countries will be closed (partially or completely):

- Germany
- The Netherland
- Luxemburg

[xxMATTGxx]

I thought they'd just made it up as a joke at first.. LOL!


I saw that investigation!! They're really intresting when it gives facts about how long people need to get out of a plane and stuff. It would never be that easy if it really happened

Anyway right now, I'm in a hotel room in Florida waiting to go out. Funnily enough, we are "due" to fly home to England tomorrow. We're flying to Heathrow quite late tomorrow so hopefully everything should be back to normal.
There's going to be a lot of stressed people about their cancelled flights. I just wish they'd realise their flights are cancelled to save lives.

Just reading that it's the biggest shutdown since the Second World War . Spooky?

You do know them investigations are based on real accidents and so on? All of them are real but made so people like us can watch them and see what happens.

[BeanEgg]

Aircraft changed direction once again. o.o

[cocaine]

Aircraft changed direction once again. o.o

its a VFR aircraft, they're allowed to operate at their own risk. atc is zero in the UK so all ifr (normal planes) there is no service

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ICAO VOLCANIC ASH CONTINGENCY PLAN,
NO IFR CLEARANCE WILL BE ISSUED FOR PENETRATION OF THE FORECAST
CONTAMINATED AREA THAT LIES WITHIN UK AIRSPACE.
CREATED: 15 Apr 2010 07:53:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

[BeanEgg]

Oh OK, that explains it then

[cocaine]

haha i thought it had landed, my bad. maybe its just doing a few circuits or something.

[dbgtz]

What will happen to the ash could? Will it just eventually fall?

[xxMATTGxx]

Statement on Icelandic volcanic eruption: Thurs April 15, 14:00

The cloud of volcanic ash is now spread across the UK and continuing to travel south. In line with international civil aviation policy, no flights other than agreed emergencies are currently permitted in UK controlled airspace. Following a review of the latest Met Office information, NATS advises that these restrictions will remain in place in UK controlled airspace until 0600 tomorrow, Friday 16 April, at the earliest. We will review further Met Office information and at 2000 today (local) we will advise the arrangements that will be in place through to 1200 tomorrow.

We continue to work closely with airports, airlines, and the rest of Europe to understand and mitigate the implications of the volcanic eruption.