A group of pupils from Kingswood School are stuck in Iceland, 12 pupils from Redland Green School are waiting to come home from Kathmandu, and pupils from Royal High School, in Bath, are stranded in Barbados.
The headmaster, four other members of staff, and 32 pupils from the Ashbourne school have been left stranded in New York after flying to the city for an art trip. The school was expected to reopen on Tuesday.
from BBC.. didn't realise how much of a travel industry niche has grown around school trips.
― Bob Six, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Aye, it's nuts. We got to go to Dundee :-(
― ailsa, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
we got a day at roche abbey nr. rotheram once. that was pretty cool.
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
The BBC News FAQs are answered by a Dr. Rothery and you went to Rotheram? That's a rother big coincidence.
― StanM, Monday, 19 April 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
bet they would've all rather had a trip to Inverary Jail.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Monday, 19 April 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't realise how much of a travel industry niche has grown around school trips
ikr maybe a gov serious about cutting carbon emissions wanna scale that back 20 years /jealous
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 19 April 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
those are almost all private schools though
― joe, Monday, 19 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean "stuck in barbados" is your clue
ok. the weirdness has notched up a level.i am hearing from family back in uk that radio 6 are reporting re the finnish merchant navy stepping in and helping people out.
― mark e, Monday, 19 April 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
keep hearing the word "stranded" being banded about. ffs, if you're having to extend your honeymoon in the maldives, you're not fucking stranded.
― snakebite and a passable pinot noir (Upt0eleven), Monday, 19 April 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I vote for (the word already exists, but meh) volcanal as the new volcano-related adjective.
― StanM, Monday, 19 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e10_23055663.jpg
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eyja_04_19/e15_23053791.jpg
daft punk still helping out
Now people saying flights are probably gonna happen in the UK starting tomorrow afternoon?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda:
The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions we are now looking at a continuously improving situation.
Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday.
From 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday, Scottish airspace will be open, and south to a line between Teesside and Blackpool. Mainland Scottish airports will be open.
― caek, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
lol xxp
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Monday, 19 April 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
ffs new ash cloudhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8631144.stm
― etrian odysseus (cozen), Monday, 19 April 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I blame Tim Wheeler
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 19 April 2010 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
have the red tops seriously not a nickname for this bad girl yet? and am I alone in thinking of this volcano as female?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 19 April 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Was wondering about that earlier. Five days of shutdown and no catchy title and no logo w/image of sad cute passenger, 7, for backdrop on news? Wtf. They crack out Big Freeze after 10 mins of snow.
― stet, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/index_e.html
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
forecast
tomorrow
http://db.eurad.uni-koeln.de/prognose/data/alert/pm10_eur_1h_movd1.gif
day after
http://db.eurad.uni-koeln.de/prognose/data/alert/pm10_eur_1h_movd2.gif
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
^ Was thinking 'ha, Paris clear' but then remembered changing flights in Helsinki :/
― spare the powder, spoil the finger (S-), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
my dad got the last flight from dublin to nyc on thursday before things were shut down
― livestock crush (velko), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost: similar dad issues: my dad was meant to fly back from India tonight, but is on standby for Thursday. Thankfully, he's staying with friends so can hang out in Mumbai for as long as needed. Still want him back soon 'cos I was looking forward to my new kolhapuri chappals for the summer:
http://www.hotelpanchshilkolhapur.com/images/kol_chappals.jpg
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4534593596_b232d031a2_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4534593596/sizes/o/
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
From the BBC - so glad a huge supermarket chain is coping with the upheaval and is on course to make another £3bn profit this year thanks to sending Kenyan flowers to Spain.
More Top Stories * Tesco overcoming ash disruption
* Tesco overcoming ash disruption
― broad layering (onimo), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 09:03 (fourteen years ago) link
my parents' flight to heathrow was cancelled last night; this morning it's miraculously "uncancelled"
... ?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not exactly encouraging to read that several BA flights are currently "en route" to Heathrow despite Heathrow currently being... closed!!
"A spokeswoman said the airline had contingency plans for each flight if Heathrow was still closed but would not say which airports it would use instead." !!!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
talk about a game of chicken.. "well we had to land in Manchester. have fun getting to wherever it was you were going!"
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i bet jesse used to like Insane Clown Posse.. he might have even had a juggalo girlfriend
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
haha wrong thread
Icelandic volcanologist studies the Eyjafjallajökull for 20 years, is stuck in Paris when it erupts.http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-rss-news/eruption-strands-iceland-volcano-expert--in-paris_37908.html
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm getting married on Saturday. We're meant to fly to NYC next Thursday. Resigned to this not happening now.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
But British Airways's attempts to land 12 of the 26 long-haul planes heading to the UK at London Heathrow have been thwarted after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) vetoed the plan and said no flights would be landing at the airport this evening. The 12 planes were diverted to Newcastle and elsewhere, including Brussels.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
wtg ba
Better to at least be in the right country/a train ride away from your destination than stuck on the other side of the world, no?
― ailsa, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
holiday destination vs airport arrival lounge trying to buy same-day train tickets?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats Nick! (sorry about the flight tho obviously)
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yes!! ^^
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Icelandic volcano suddenly erupts with congratulations to Nick and Em! (And sends deadly lava in my direction if I misremembered mrs. Nick's name)
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, I missed that bit! Congratulations Nick!
― ailsa, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
saw one plane this afternoon high up, then nothing for the rest of the evening. reminded me of that final scene in 28 days
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
it's all go now
― stet, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
reminded me of that final scene in 28 dayshave seen 2 today with vapour trail and thought of 28 days.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8633597.stm
"The major barrier to resuming flight has been understanding tolerance levels of aircraft to ash," the CAA said."Manufacturers have now agreed increased tolerance levels in low ash density areas."
"Manufacturers have now agreed increased tolerance levels in low ash density areas."
Maybe I'm misreading this but to me it stinks of "fuck it this is getting out of hand, let's just chance it". The risk hasn't gone down, it's been "reassessed" - meaning they've decided it's now ok to fly the same planes through the same ash.
― broad layering (onimo), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
UK lifts volcano ban on air flights - Financial TimesBut still can't take deodorant on one :(
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/assets_c/2010/04/volcanoliam-thumb-585xauto-12715.jpg
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
pfftthis, http://www.movieline.com/2010/04/casting-ejyafjallajokullthe-motion-picture.php
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it's like a black metal album cover. BUT IT'S REAL.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link