Icelandic volcano stops flights

[Sysman]

News reports today suggesting the existing ash cloud will blow back across the whole of the UK on Friday.

Get analysing that data , I want a full report by dinner time!

From the Beeb, Iceland volcano ash closes airspace in northern Germany

[gingerjedi]

I don't want to see anyone die but... I'd love to see Michael O'Leary's face if one of his planes came down with a pair of seized engines. : Devil

Willie Walsh was on R4 this morning, he said tests had found 4mg per cubic metre of air which was about a teaspoon, he went on to say that it was a very small amount.

I can only guess as to how much air passes through a jet engine but I would imagine a cubic metre isn’t in there very long, thats a lot of ash Shirley?

[RichardCranium]

I don't want to see anyone die but... I'd love to see Michael O'Leary's face if one of his planes came down with a pair of seized engines. : Devil

They covered this on the World Service in reasonable detail yesterday.

There was the Ryan Air bloke complaining bitterly about CAA's incompetence preventing Ryan Air from flying. He said Ryan Air had flown a test flight and proved there was no ash. He also said "There is no ash cloud, it is a myth". In short, he was demanding compensation from the government.

A meteorologist working on the ash cloud tracking was up next: he was clearly furious. "It was very kind of Ryan Air to do a test flight at 41,000 feet and find no ash, JUST LIKE WE SAID THERE WOULDN'T BE. It is in strata at lower levels than that. They flew that flight based on data we provided to create a false impression."

So, Ryan Air intentionally are lying to try to claim compensation while trying to give the wrong impression that flying is safe. Surely the directors could be prosecuted for something?

Anyway, Mrs RC's suggestion: "Ryan Air should be allowed to fly provided every flight carries one Ryan Air director, and the child of another Ryan Air director."

[Churchill]

They flew that flight based on data we provided to create a false impression."

So, Ryan Air intentionally are lying to try to claim compensation while trying to give the wrong impression that flying is safe. Surely the directors could be prosecuted for something?

Not until the tulip hits the fan.

Err well technically not until the plane hits the ground after the ash blocks the combustion chambers.