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Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 12:10

My flight got cancelled..So i went to my hotel and enjoyed even more

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 12:15

Are you stuck on holiday?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 12:31

Opus wrote:How is it Iceland's fault? What do you expect them to do? Fly a helicopter over the volcano with a really big cork and plug the hole?

The volcanic dust can and will clog up the commercial airline engines. The airlines are not only keeping people safe, but they are avoiding huge negligence lawsuits as well.

Just saying.

Well just putting this out there, there are claims that the gas etc wouldn't clog up the engines anymore. In the initial enruption yes, but by now it's clear they say. For example there are 2 airlines who have flown empty passenger aircraft from one destination to the other in an otherwise "no fly" zone and they had no problems at all.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 12:48

felixbluindustries wrote:
Opus wrote:How is it Iceland's fault? What do you expect them to do? Fly a helicopter over the volcano with a really big cork and plug the hole?

The volcanic dust can and will clog up the commercial airline engines. The airlines are not only keeping people safe, but they are avoiding huge negligence lawsuits as well.

Just saying.
Well just putting this out there, there are claims that the gas etc wouldn't clog up the engines anymore. In the initial enruption yes, but by now it's clear they say. For example there are 2 airlines who have flown empty passenger aircraft from one destination to the other in an otherwise "no fly" zone and they had no problems at all.

Unfortunately, that's all subjective information. One of my first jobs after school was working on a flight line, maintaining planes. I'm still an aviation enthusiast 20 years later, and my A&P colleagues seem to agree with me as far as what the dust could do.

With that aside though, my main emphasis was the nonsensical notion that Iceland was liable for this incident.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 12:49

Just say no to volcanoes!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 13:12

Ryanair will still fly but charge extra

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18.04.2010, 13:43

jas2000 wrote:Just say no to volcanoes!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.04.2010, 12:13

By JENNIFER QUINN and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Quinn And Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Writer

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.04.2010, 16:27

Ha there's a plane company which operates outside of London and all the main cities in England, and the government can't ground flights in those areas, so this company has been flying chartered flights as per usual, they just upped their price, taking celebrities and rich people all over the place

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.04.2010, 16:53

Well if they die, no big loss. There's always another person ready to take a celebrity's place.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.04.2010, 17:12

Use propeller planes instead as they aren't affected.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26.04.2010, 16:35

It would be kinda stupid to start accusing Iceland they caused such major problems throughout Europe with the eruption of that ( unpronouncebale ) volcano. It's not like they can control when it'll "barf" all over this continent or not. Nature is quite unpredictable and it'll always catch us be surprise, no doubt about it

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By the way: who can spell the name of the Icelandic volcano without stammering?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26.04.2010, 16:50

Just went to see a group on saturday and yesterday, wanted to buy their cds but they were stuck in Australia cause of the volcano. Damn it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26.04.2010, 17:35

WallachianHoldingRomania wrote:It would be kinda stupid to start accusing Iceland they caused such major problems throughout Europe with the eruption of that ( unpronouncebale ) volcano. It's not like they can control when it'll "barf" all over this continent or not. Nature is quite unpredictable and it'll always catch us be surprise, no doubt about it .

By the way: who can spell the name of the Icelandic volcano without stammering?

I think it's Eyjafjallaj

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 27.04.2010, 06:09

For english speakers, the pronounciation should be something like:

Ayah-Fyallah-Yewkooll