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Old Apr 16th 2010, 6:18 am
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Originally Posted by Psychopandy
Me thinks you have been watching to much 'Aircraft Investigation' speedbird 009 is one of my 9 year old sons favourite episodes.
Tehe, I think I pre-date the Discovery Channel...
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Think it's "Air Crash Investigation".
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Think so....UK airspace now closed until Saturday...
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When I heard there was a large plume of dust coming out of Iceland I just thought Kerry Katona had sneezed.
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Just updating you with the news. Well you will like this. NZ travel ins cos have assured that all travellers who booked travel insurance prior to this event (ie 16th April) will be covered regarding this event. That is good aye?
Cheers ears, that is good news. After an hour of hold music and a recorded litany of how great Qantas are, the nice lady got us booked onto a flight out on Monday, arriving Wednesday avo assuming the ash gives us a chance. Via LA and Brissie, but something to give us hope!

And the very nice travel insurance people have said we have cover for days we have between now and then. Sweet. A relaxing day of TV, food and washing today then. Nice to be able to take it easy as we been flat out up to now!
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My relics are out here ATM and due to fly back Sunday, told them they should call the airline and check. More free holidays .
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Old Apr 16th 2010, 12:25 pm
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The wife and kids just got airborne from Heathrow an hour before lockdown. They're currently in Hong Kong and will be flying to NZ, soon. Apparently, Hong Kong airport is very quiet and all Europe bound flights have been cancelled.
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When I heard there was a large plume of dust coming out of Iceland I just thought Kerry Katona had sneezed.
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Old Apr 16th 2010, 3:19 pm
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From the BBC:

"In Manchester, NATS lifted its restriction on flights for an hour to allow a plane to take off towards the Atlantic before 1300 BST.

The restriction was lifted due to the positioning of the ash cloud.

A Manchester Airport spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately the window of opportunity was so short notice that it hasn't allowed for any passengers to board."

In the middle of this we send empty planes into the air!!!
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From the BBC:

"In Manchester, NATS lifted its restriction on flights for an hour to allow a plane to take off towards the Atlantic before 1300 BST.

The restriction was lifted due to the positioning of the ash cloud.

A Manchester Airport spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately the window of opportunity was so short notice that it hasn't allowed for any passengers to board."

In the middle of this we send empty planes into the air!!!
I guess that is so it can perform the other half of its duties at the other end. 1 right plane in the right place atleast when this is over!!
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Just glad it didn't happen when we had MIL, nieces and my mum over last month ...
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Old Apr 17th 2010, 1:23 am
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My 18 yr old son & his friend are due to fly out of Heathrow early on Sunday morning. Flights not actually confirmed as cancelled yet, so of course we've got fingers & toes tightly crossed.....but it's not looking good
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dunno if this link will work - but there's a live update on the BBC website if not…http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8626765.stm
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This is the equivalent of a “Leaves on the Line” excuse for air travel, “Sorry, not flying today sir. The air isn’t the right consistency”. Also to check if a plane could fly was to fly a plane, which went fine so they concluded it was unsafe to fly .
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Link to CAA for an interesting article about Volcano ash .. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/375/fsd_may93_p1-9.pdf
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