No ... flights in Northern Europe because of the Volcanic Eruptions in Iceland

[Ichingcarpenter]

Just saw it on the news here.

planes are not safe ........ Wow.

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Flights to Germany canceled

Watching it on Danish TV

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. The cloud cover will hit here soon

I need DUers to search this shit.

[Orrex]

3. Where's your volcano preparedness now, Bobby Jindahl?!?

Hmm?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. They just show the radar cloud cover

It will dissipate, but its funneling into Northern Europe right now.
Thus, planes are canceled


The Danes settled Iceland on the Mid Atlantic ridge.......... they do pay attention

[uppityperson]

5. Couple other Du threads... Volcanic ash is REALLY bad for engines

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8153307&mesg_id=8153307

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8155168&mesg_id=8155168

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4344268&mesg_id=4344268

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8153568&mesg_id=8153568

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Thanks for the links........ I'm gonna go out and get a beer now

Its my day off...........and I usually don't go out.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. When volcanic ash stopped a Jumbo at 37,000ft

But eventually, when the passenger oxygen masks dropped as the plane steepened its descent, the news had to be announced.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."

Eventually, after quarter of an hour without any power, the engines were brought back to life. Ash had clogged the engines, which only restarted when enough of the molten ash solidified and broke off.

"We glided from 37,000ft to 12,000ft before we got (the engines) going again," recalls Cpt Moody.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8622099.stm

[uppityperson]

6. views of ash plume

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/views-of-the-ash-plume-over-europe/?ref=world