Volcanic ash cloud

[Pancake]

Amazed to see all the flights cancelled in UK airspace today. I can see why they dont want planes up there to be honest.

 

Reminds me of BA Flight 9 that flew into the ash cloud in Indonesia.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

[Johnny Bognor]

You've gotta love the understatement from the Captain on BA 9......

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control. I trust you are not in too much distress

[Pancake]

Im sure I read somewhere that Capt. Moody was a Saints fan.

[ribbo]

Im sure I read somewhere that Capt. Moody was a Saints fan.

 

you read it here, a few months back.

[Pancake]

you read it here, a few months back.

 

Ah, that was where it was then!

 

EDIT: Ah yes, a mate of Weston Saint. Makes sense.

[Whitey Grandad]

Does anybody know how long this will last? I have regular air shipments from the Far East and it all my suppliers are a bit surprised when I rais the question of delays.

[saint_stevo]

[badgerx16]

Very disappointed : looking out of the window it's a lovely sunny day with plenty of blue sky. I thought we'd be under a Mount St Helens type storm front.

[altoniansaints]

Does anybody know how long this will last? I have regular air shipments from the Far East and it all my suppliers are a bit surprised when I rais the question of delays.

 

more importantly does anyone know how long it will last as i`m flying to Canada next Thursday!!!!????

[Danny R]

more importantly does anyone know how long it will last as i`m flying to Canada next Thursday!!!!????

 

Next Friday I believe.

[Hatch]

Very disappointed : looking out of the window it's a lovely sunny day with plenty of blue sky. I thought we'd be under a Mount St Helens type storm front.

 

 

This

[SNSUN]

The trains cease to run because of the wrong type of snow, planes suffer from the wrong type of cloud.

 

Oh, I'd already heard of flight 9, and if I'd been up there, I'd have **** my pants.

[Arizona]

This isn't from today's eruption. Is pretty cool though.

 

[Whitey Grandad]

Very disappointed : looking out of the window it's a lovely sunny day with plenty of blue sky. I thought we'd be under a Mount St Helens type storm front.

Apparently it's too high to see but we could have some red sunsets over the next couple of days.

[pilsburydoughboy]

This isn't from today's eruption. Is pretty cool though.

 

 

Why have the planes been grounded.Man up some.

[Pancake]

This isn't from today's eruption. Is pretty cool though.

 

 

That's cool, but I'll raise you a 2010 Icelandic volcano WITH Northern Lights:

 

[Whitey Grandad]

Just heard on the radio: Dear Iceland, we said 'please send more cash'.

[Saint_Jim]

will we actually see this thing??

[RonManager]

Possibly

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano.html

[Arizona]

will we actually see this thing??

 

No.

[Draino76]

will we actually see this thing??

 

Yes.

[Weston Saint]

Ah, that was where it was then!

 

EDIT: Ah yes, a mate of Weston Saint. Makes sense.

Yep, good friend of mine. Bet he has been busy today!

 

He reads TSW regularly as well but does not post.

[trousers]

will we actually see this thing??

Maybe

[trousers]

Yep, good friend of mine. Bet he has been busy today!

 

He reads TSW regularly as well but does not post.

 

Is he the one that looked a bit like Markus? :-)

[Arizona]

The jetstream is blowing a trail of ash from Iceland accross the Shetlands and down into the North Sea. Tomorrow morning it looks to be making its way towards Holland and Germany as well as Scandinavia. It's possible some flights will be on tomorrow towards Spain and Portugal, but I wouldn't bet on much else happening.

[Weston Saint]

The jetstream is blowing a trail of ash from Iceland accross the Shetlands and down into the North Sea. Tomorrow morning it looks to be making its way towards Holland and Germany as well as Scandinavia. It's possible some flights will be on tomorrow towards Spain and Portugal, but I wouldn't bet on much else happening.

Spoken by a man who seems to know what he is talking about.

[Jimmy_D]

The ash (glass pretty much) is too high and we won't be able to make it out as such...

 

It should give us an awesome sunset tonight though.

[altoniansaints]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1271354037.png

 

latest met office update still over us by 12pm tomorrow by the looks of it

[svetigpung]

All airports in Scandonavia and many in northern europe have also closed their airspaces.

I guess BA Flight 9 leaves bad memories...strange.

[Arizona]

All airports in Scandonavia and many in northern europe have also closed their airspaces.

I guess BA Flight 9 leaves bad memories...strange.

 

It's not so much bad memories, and it's not just BA9 either. There was also KLM 867 which diverted to Anchorage in similar circumstances in the '80s. There have probably been countless other lower profile incidents.

 

Not an overreaction at all IMO. If there is ash in the atmosphere, there could be a lot of gliders over Northern Europe.

[Saint in Paradise]

Lots of airports on the North Island NZ were closed in 1996 because of volcanic ash in the air when Mt Ruapehu errupted.

 

See you lot are always behind us ex tims :D ( Can't bring myself to call me Pat )

[tommi]

I'm stuck in Vegas, supposed to be flying home this afternoon. No fun at all. A sensible decision though, I'd rather a couple of days delay than a tragedy of some sort.

[Arizona]

Belgian airspace has been closed until at least 1800 CET tomorrow.

 

The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted it lasted over a year.

[Pancake]

I'm stuck in Vegas, supposed to be flying home this afternoon. No fun at all. A sensible decision though, I'd rather a couple of days delay than a tragedy of some sort.

 

Stuck in Vegas.... No fun....?

 

Really? I could think of much worse places to be stuck.

[suewhistle]

Stuck in Vegas.... No fun....?

 

Really? I could think of much worse places to be stuck.

 

Gawd, the things those casinos do to keep you there losing money!

[Pancake]

Yep, good friend of mine. Bet he has been busy today!

 

He reads TSW regularly as well but does not post.

 

I bet he is mate, I bet he is!

[Tractor_Saint]

That's cool, but I'll raise you a 2010 Icelandic volcano WITH Northern Lights:

 

 

And I'll attempt to raise you with a USB plug in Iceburg...

 

 

[Saint in Paradise]

These 6 minutes are IMHO better

 

 

Mt Ruapehu in 1995 & 1996

[altoniansaints]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1271398735.png

 

not looking good for flights in the south today then

[sperm_john]

the conspiracy theorist in me loves this volcanic ash cloud stuff =)

[tommi]

Stuck in Vegas.... No fun....?

 

Really? I could think of much worse places to be stuck.

 

Strangely mate after being here a week already I just want to get home for the weekend to see the kids (and wife!)

 

Vegas is great to share with someone but not so much fun on your own (and working)

 

:-)

[Weston Saint]

I bet he is mate, I bet he is!

It All started at 6am for him yesterday morning and at 12:30 this morning when he was last in touch with me he was awaiting a NZ TV crew to arrive for an interview.

[Saint in Paradise]

It All started at 6am for him yesterday morning and at 12:30 this morning when he was last in touch with me he was awaiting a NZ TV crew to arrive for an interview.

 

He was on TV3 news at 6.00 p.m. NZ time tonight.Not very long sound bite, didn't get a chance to mention Saints

The prog following the news had a short resume of that flight because they were going to interview 2 old dears who met on

that flight and got married later, I didn't bother to watch that bit though.

[Whitey Grandad]

So why didn't the BA staff bring forward their strike to today?

[Arizona]

So why didn't the BA staff bring forward their strike to today?

 

Would have laughed my arse off if they did have strikes scheduled for yesterday and today.

[bridge too far]

Mr TF recorded a National Geographic programme on the BA Flight 9 last night - watching it now.

[dubai_phil]

Iceland, such a puny small country and yet in the past year or so it has caused SO much disruption.... :-)

 

Youngest son flew out to Vancouver Thursday (luckily) they could see it (the Ash Cloud) from the plane and he said it was just a stunning sight and seemed to be "off in the distance outside the window for a hell of a long time".

 

Got a mate who was here for a 3 day conference who's now stuck and been kicked out his hotel as they are all full with transit passengers who've been pouring into Dubai then going nowhere into Northern Europe.

 

AND we have people due in from Scandinavia Sunday on a major project for us and that looks like it's gone t1ts up as well.

 

We tried to get flights booked yesterday to send one of our guys back for training to the UK - not a SINGLE fecking seat on a plane out of here for the next 10 days as they've blocked everything in CASE the delays last another 3 or 4 days. Some are saying weeks....

 

Jeez we're fecking MAROONED!

[Weston Saint]

Mr TF recorded a National Geographic programme on the BA Flight 9 last night - watching it now.

 

http://www.ericmoody.com/

 

His two dogs shown in the photo's sadly passed away last and this year.

[dubai_phil]

Lareg group from an Intel conference down here had their flights cancelled yesterday.

 

They have been rebooked

 

On the 1st MAY!

[Red Alert]

Only three previous eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull are known in the last 1100 years!!

 

In fact Eyjafjallajökull did not erupt for the last 190 years.

 

The most recent eruption began in December 1821 and lasted intermittently for more than a year.

Eyjafjallajökull is considered by scientists a precursor of Katla's activity, Katla is the more dangerous one, larger and more powerful.

The neighbouring volcano Katla in fact punctually erupted then on 26 June 1823, around 19 months later.

These two volcanoes are historically linked and an eruption of Eyjafjallajökull normally triggers Katla.

 

 

Scientists know the danger, but there is very little we can do about powerful volcanoes.

An eruption of Katla in between now and 2012 is therefore likely.

 

What Katla could do:

"Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. "

 

End of the world as we know it?