VOLCANOES! So hot they're hellacool!

how much are they charging you, if you don't mind me asking?

Royal Navy are now being deployed to bring peeps home

how much are they charging you, if you don't mind me asking?

300 euros each incl. food.

and yes, saw that re navy.

though very much doubt they will be deployed as far as Finland ..

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.

Aye, it's nuts. We got to go to Dundee :-(

we got a day at roche abbey nr. rotheram once. that was pretty cool.

The BBC News FAQs are answered by a Dr. Rothery and you went to Rotheram? That's a rother big coincidence.

bet they would've all rather had a trip to Inverary Jail.

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

those are almost all private schools though

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.

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.

I vote for (the word already exists, but meh) volcanal as the new volcano-related adjective.

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daft punk still helping out

Now people saying flights are probably gonna happen in the UK starting tomorrow afternoon?

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.

lol xxp

ffs new ash cloud
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8631144.stm

I blame Tim Wheeler

have the red tops seriously not a nickname for this bad girl yet? and am I alone in thinking of this volcano as female?

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.

http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/index_e.html

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

^ Was thinking 'ha, Paris clear' but then remembered changing flights in Helsinki :/

my dad got the last flight from dublin to nyc on thursday before things were shut down

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

fuck:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4534593596_b232d031a2_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4534593596/sizes/o/

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

my parents' flight to heathrow was cancelled last night; this morning it's miraculously "uncancelled"

... ?

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." !!!

talk about a game of chicken.. "well we had to land in Manchester. have fun getting to wherever it was you were going!"

i bet jesse used to like Insane Clown Posse.. he might have even had a juggalo girlfriend

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

I'm getting married on Saturday. We're meant to fly to NYC next Thursday. Resigned to this not happening now.

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.

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?

holiday destination vs airport arrival lounge trying to buy same-day train tickets?

Congrats Nick! (sorry about the flight tho obviously)

yes!! ^^

Icelandic volcano suddenly erupts with congratulations to Nick and Em! (And sends deadly lava in my direction if I misremembered mrs. Nick's name)

Oh, I missed that bit! Congratulations Nick!

saw one plane this afternoon high up, then nothing for the rest of the evening. reminded me of that final scene in 28 days

it's all go now

reminded me of that final scene in 28 days
have seen 2 today with vapour trail and thought of 28 days.

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."

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.

UK lifts volcano ban on air flights - Financial Times
But still can't take deodorant on one :(