Guy Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 (edited) Flights are grounded until at LEAST 7pm today according to Sky News. Hopefully this situation can be resolved soon so the people who have things booked and homes waiting can get to where they need to be. If anyone could actually get up there to see the cloud I bet it's a sight to behold from the air though. Can't help but think the damn Smoke Monster from Lost has escaped the Island and is slowly covering the world, mechanically clinking and flashing. Edited April 18, 2010 by Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I just realised something but if this thing keeps up for much longer I might get to take my own holiday... And I'm not even flying anywhere????? There's only 3 people including me working in my office, one was on holiday last week and is currently stuck in Germany till Tuesday, but I don't know if flights will even get out. I'm supposed to have a week off from the 26th. Me and the wife were just going to do a road trip round the west of Ireland. But if the my collegue is still stuck in Germany I can imagine head office will probably tell me I have to work cuz the office can't be left with just one staff member? Ad to that I'm thinking about all the clients I "should" have travelling out in the next few weeks. And if this thing continues into next month I got 4 clients doing a whole interary around Canada and USA that was complicated to put together in the first place I don't want to have to worry about rebooking or refunding. Was watching Sky News apparently KLM and Luftansa have been sending up test flights with passenger planes at 11,000 feet so far all have proved positive and undamaged and their doing a few more then going to see if European Air Traffic Control will let them fly. Why isn't every other airline trying the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Seen that some companies are starting test flights so remains to be seen if this means flights start. Ryanair are cancelled till tomorrow afternoon anyway so have to ring up in the morning and see how that goes. Franklin where did you find the bus to dublin from?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Seen that some companies are starting test flights so remains to be seen if this means flights start. Ryanair are cancelled till tomorrow afternoon anyway so have to ring up in the morning and see how that goes. Franklin where did you find the bus to dublin from?! I don't know where you find it, you could ask at hotel reception they should know where to find out about it and tickets. I just know about it from a few polish people I know who've mentioned it before, and I do remember being in Dublin once and seeing a bus arrive that came from Poland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 ok cool cheers! Ryanair are apparently making an announcement at 12pm today regarding flights for monday and tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 (edited) KLM and Luftansa did test flights, Reported no problems. are going to check the engines, they are hoping to get permission to open up its german airspace soon. Edited April 18, 2010 by James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinist Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Wonder if this might effect military flights from here to the middle-east, would suck if they couldn't get KIAs back here or fly new guys out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iun Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 This is madness. No. I think you'll find this is Sparta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 KLM test flights and Lufthansa "transfer" flights, showed no damage or irrgularities to planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Iceland volcanic ash cloud could extend travel chaos until Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 From what I understand, some scientists are saying modern planes may actually be able to fly in something like this, its just nobody wants to test the theory. I dunno about the rest of you but I certainly don't want to be in the plane that tests it! I'm not a great flier as it is haha! =P BMI have cancelled all of their flights on monday.. So my holidays been cancelled too. b00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 well we just spent 95GBP each to get a bus from Krakow to Leeds...we leave 10.30 Tuesday Morning and get in 18.00 Wednesday night...gonna be a long old bus ride...as if to make matters worse, my n900 is broken, the touch screen doesn't seem to be responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Volcanic ash under microscope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I dunno about the rest of you but I certainly don't want to be in the plane that tests it! I'm not a great flier as it is haha! =P BMI have cancelled all of their flights on monday.. So my holidays been cancelled too. b00 I wouldn't imagine they would send any passengers up in a test flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Eyjafjallajökli photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 well we just spent 95GBP each to get a bus from Krakow to Leeds...we leave 10.30 Tuesday Morning and get in 18.00 Wednesday night...gonna be a long old bus ride...as if to make matters worse, my n900 is broken, the touch screen doesn't seem to be responding. Haha, my advise actually helped someone, : peace: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 SO I hear some test flights have been done by-- Oh wait, it's already been said three times. Nice observational skills, forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 well we just spent 95GBP each to get a bus from Krakow to Leeds...we leave 10.30 Tuesday Morning and get in 18.00 Wednesday night...gonna be a long old bus ride...as if to make matters worse, my n900 is broken, the touch screen doesn't seem to be responding. Glad to hear you've found a way back now anyway mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 A beautiful image, Dante. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 I heard on the news that they are thinking of picking up all stranded british nationals from europe from spain then ferrying them back to the UK. Unfortunately that wouldn't help my girlfriend who is Canadian! SO Bus it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I heard on the news that they are thinking of picking up all stranded british nationals from europe from spain then ferrying them back to the UK. Unfortunately that wouldn't help my girlfriend who is Canadian! SO Bus it is. Yeah this just popped up on my twitter feed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I've been trying to get to Belfast since thursday morning. Flybe have been really helpful with re booking flights etc but they have now had to cancel everything till at least 11am on Wednesday. So, I have now booked a train to Liverpool and got a cabin on the overnight 8 HOUR ferry crossing. Despite the hassle, I'm actually rather looking forward to the journey and getting somewhere. I hope airspace is open by sat as I need to get back to watch the missus run the London marathon. Screw you Effajalajaffacake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddage Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It may have been mentioned before (haven't read all the posts), but why don't the planes just... fly a bit lower than normal...? Obviously the journeys would take a bit longer and you wouldn't be able to get as many up in the air at the same but some is better than none, right? Though I'm sure there's perfectly reasonable explanation as to why they don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It may have been mentioned before (haven't read all the posts), but why don't the planes just... fly a bit lower than normal...? Obviously the journeys would take a bit longer and you wouldn't be able to get as many up in the air at the same but some is better than none, right? Though I'm sure there's perfectly reasonable explanation as to why they don't its not safe for those jumbo jets to fly so low and the pollution it would cause would be immense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It may have been mentioned before (haven't read all the posts), but why don't the planes just... fly a bit lower than normal...? Obviously the journeys would take a bit longer and you wouldn't be able to get as many up in the air at the same but some is better than none, right? Though I'm sure there's perfectly reasonable explanation as to why they don't The lower the altitude, the more air resistance, so the planes use up more fuel and can't fly as far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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