Icelandic Volcanic Eruption - Significant Disruption to UK Flights

Andr3w said:
Flight Number : AUA1406
Company : Austrian Airlines
ICAO Hex Code : 440133
Reg Code : OE-LNS
Model : Boeing - B738

Latitude : 47.60115
Longitude : 16.23038
Altitude : 4876 m - 15997 ft
Ground Speed : 687 km/h - 427 mph - 371 knots
Squawk : 61
Heading : 39º


I'm guessing it's one of the test flights....that will be fine because the ash isn't doing anything to the engines.
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Just out of interest, where you you get the above data from?
 
The volcano taken yesterday:

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You can see the ash plume streaming southwards.
 
I'm starting to get worried now. F1 teams are now saying that it will be tough to race in Barcelona if flights are cancelled.
 
Vampire said:
Are you?

It's really common for Saharan sand to be dropped on the UK after big sandstorms when the prevailing winds are from the south. Why is it so hard to believe that ash is dropping on the UK in tiny quantities, when we know it's in the air above the UK in fairly large quantities?
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Everyone who hasn't washed a car for 2 years is suddenly going OMG LOOK AT THE ASH. It probably isnt ash, its just filth.
 
[TW]Fox;16386084 said:
Everyone who hasn't washed a car for 2 years is suddenly going OMG LOOK AT THE ASH. It probably isnt ash, its just filth.
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There's a big cloud of ash covering the whole of the UK, yet it probably isn't ash which is appearing on peoples cars which have been washed in the last 24/48hrs?

Ok, I defer to your superior post count. :)
 
Vampire said:
There's a big cloud of ash covering the whole of the UK, yet it probably isn't ash which is appearing on peoples cars which have been washed in the last 24/48hrs?

Ok, I defer to your superior post count. :)
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The parents washed their car a day or so before this all happened.

A day later and it's coated in dust, the roads are dry, dust is about.

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Even my parents are now saying it's ash..
 
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Somebody tried to post a semi-car related fact so Fox had to appear and correct them else everything would have ground to a halt. Then of course, because it's Fox, the perpetrator then had to start an argument about it (regardless of the fact that Fox was probably right) rather than let it slide. C'est la vie!
 
DampCat said:
Somebody tried to post a semi-car related fact so Fox had to appear and correct them else everything would have ground to a halt. Then of course, because it's Fox, the perpetrator then had to start an argument about it (regardless of the fact that Fox was probably right) rather than let it slide. C'est la vie!
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My bad, I haven't been a member very long - is he well known for this sort of thing? Sorry for going OT, I'll stop now. :o
 
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