Volcanic Ash Causing European Travel Problems

[ohms]

My mum reports a plane overflying her on approach to Heathrow.

Yup UK airports are open again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8633597.stm

 

[Chaos]

I was in Frankfurt today, and saw two different planes on the way there. Some limited flight activity, at low altitude with special permits, seems to have resumed.

 

[zooterkin]

From what I heard on the radio earlier, it sounds as though BA partly forced the issue, by sending a number of planes to the UK.

 

[MRC_Hans]

Flew home via Beijing and from there directly to CPH, on Apr. 21. Nice to be back on my home soil. Seems the situation is normalizing quick.

- So now we have still another factor to consider when planning overseas trips.

Hans

 

[Darat]

We are still seeing some airport closures: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8639066.stm

 

[nathan]

Flew home via Beijing and from there directly to CPH, on Apr. 21. Nice to be back on my home soil. Seems the situation is normalizing quick.

Glad you made it. Mrs Me and I are about to board our flight home, 6 days late.

 

[macdoc]

It's BAAAAAAAAACK.....

New volcanic cloud disrupts air travel
A mammoth cloud of volcanic ash is stretching across the North Atlantic and forcing most flights between North America and Europe to divert into a sky-high traffic jam.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...canic-cloud-disrupts-atlantic-air-travel?bn=1

 

[BenBurch]

Webcam of the mountain today looks lot like the initial eruption.

 

[rjh01]

I think a lot depends on the wind direction. If it blows South then it will force aircraft flying between Europe and the US to fly a long way round. If the wind blows the ash over Europe then aircraft will not take off or land in Europe.

 

[ddt]

It has reached Spain, and several airports have been closed there. And the cloud envelopes mos of Western Europe including the British Isles, so the rerouting is tedious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8669610.stm