Icelandic Volcano erupts again [general discussion]
May 22, 2011, 10:04 am
#17
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: A metal nomad
Programs: Mucci des Delices Exotiques,Order of the Platinum Hairbrush,Her Royal Diamond
Posts: 23,735
May 22, 2011, 10:19 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 6
Not true I'm afraid. Keflavik is shut today according to the Icelandair information Page. Will be interesting to see if they shift their entire operation to Glasgow again as they did last time.
Of course this doesn't mean we're about to see a repeat of last April. Indeed for the moment the prevailing wind seems to be blowing the ash north of Iceland. I am slightly worried however by how quickly the reaction has gone from 'no flights will be affected' to Keflavik shutting down.
Of course this doesn't mean we're about to see a repeat of last April. Indeed for the moment the prevailing wind seems to be blowing the ash north of Iceland. I am slightly worried however by how quickly the reaction has gone from 'no flights will be affected' to Keflavik shutting down.
). I looked at the map and it looked well outside the 120mile exclusion zone.As you say, with winds blowing the ash north (and the BBC news reporting it was heavier ash that will settle quicker then last April) I doubt Keflavik will remain shut for long.
May 22, 2011, 10:48 am
#19
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: HH Diam, AY/AX/KQ/IHG/VISA Plat, SK/Bonvoy/Melia/Strawberry Gold, Radisson Prem, PP Prest
Posts: 2,266
News (in KUO, by EuroControl) state that dust cloud is expected to reach UK on tuesday and keep on spreading to FR and ES later on. Is this going to be an annual nuisance?
May 22, 2011, 10:55 am
#20
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: By the sea...
Programs: BA/EC Silver
Posts: 564
From colleagues at the university of Iceland:
---
Hello,
A new eruption of Grimsvotn volcano began on 21 May. Information is found on the homepages of the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, and the the Icelandic Meteorological office.
http://www.earthice.hi.is/
http://www.vedur.is/
Best wishes,
Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Nordic Volcanological Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
http://uni.hi.is/fs
---
---
Hello,
A new eruption of Grimsvotn volcano began on 21 May. Information is found on the homepages of the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, and the the Icelandic Meteorological office.
http://www.earthice.hi.is/
http://www.vedur.is/
Best wishes,
Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Nordic Volcanological Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
http://uni.hi.is/fs
---
May 22, 2011, 10:56 am
#21
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Quite close to NQY
Programs: BAEC Silver,clubcard,clubcard plus, BA Amex................ And Mucci x3 ;)
Posts: 9,488
updated on the bbc news website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13489944
cs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13489944
Europe's air traffic control organisation said on Sunday: "There is currently no impact on European or trans-Atlantic flights and the situation is expected to remain so for the next 24 hours.
cs
May 22, 2011, 11:02 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: By the sea...
Programs: BA/EC Silver
Posts: 564
Hard to forecast, volcanoes... But they do have the advantage over earthquakes in that we at least know where they are geographically. This one should not present too much disruption (fingers crossed), as the ash is coarser but if Katla goes we're all in trouble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla_volcano 
May 22, 2011, 11:26 am
#23
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Programs: BAEC Silver, FB Gold.
Posts: 164
If you wish to monitor the impact on airspace the VAAC charts are located here.
It is then down to the National Airworthiness authorities to interpret this data and close airspace via NOTAMS as they see fit. So despite the efforts since last year there will be a lot of interpretation and inconsistent application of whether its "safe to fly".
regards
Aero_safety
It is then down to the National Airworthiness authorities to interpret this data and close airspace via NOTAMS as they see fit. So despite the efforts since last year there will be a lot of interpretation and inconsistent application of whether its "safe to fly".
regards
Aero_safety
Last edited by Aero_Safety; May 22, 2011 at 11:27 am Reason: missed signature
May 22, 2011, 5:15 pm
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The Hague, NL
Programs: GMLFL, Life 2.0 - Mucci Premiere Classe & des Chevaliers Toulousiens
Posts: 22,911
if Katla goes we're all in trouble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla_volcano
May 22, 2011, 5:25 pm
#25
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: LON, ACK, BOS..... (Not necessarily in that order)
Programs: **Mucci Diamond Hairbrush** - compared to that nothing else matters (+BA Bronze)
Posts: 15,138
May 22, 2011, 5:28 pm
#26
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,159
Spill the beans then. Looks like it's very nice and warm there just now.
I stayed 2 nights in the Ritz Carlton a couple of years ago and it was great. Right on the beach. If you remember Miami Vice tv programme, the opening scene with the heli flying over the beach. I always said there's another place on my ticklist. I quite liked the Art Dceo area, restaraunts etc. and did a bus tour around the cuban area. It was great watching the old timers playing dominos and playing cards. Lots to do in MIA though.
Thank goodness it's not MRU you're stuck at.
I stayed 2 nights in the Ritz Carlton a couple of years ago and it was great. Right on the beach. If you remember Miami Vice tv programme, the opening scene with the heli flying over the beach. I always said there's another place on my ticklist. I quite liked the Art Dceo area, restaraunts etc. and did a bus tour around the cuban area. It was great watching the old timers playing dominos and playing cards. Lots to do in MIA though.
Thank goodness it's not MRU you're stuck at.