Man of Honour
anyone know if its all planes or just passenger flights?
i work for DHL on the ramp at Ema airport loading there cargo planes
don't know yet if our planes are also grounded
All UK air traffic unless there is an emergency.
anyone know if its all planes or just passenger flights?
i work for DHL on the ramp at Ema airport loading there cargo planes
don't know yet if our planes are also grounded
All air traffic unless there is an emergency.
Just watched a small Cessna type plane fly over my place of work in Aylesbury. I thought UK airspace was shut expect for Search & Rescue flights?
Small planes, private etc are allowed to their just strongly advised not to tbh though people that can afford private planes probably don't give a monkeys
NATS will not provide IFR clearances to aircraft; since the majority of UK airspace is Controlled Airspace (and hence those flights are IFR) NATS will not control any flights. NATS have even said they will not provide Special VFR for vfr flights inside Control Zones and Areas, so that pretty much precludes most ac taking off from any of the major aerodromes.
The Military will not provide IFR clearance to any civil flights, however they will provide ATSOCAS (Air Traffic Services Outside Controlled Airspace) to civil aircraft which can remain VMC. Military atc will privde a full range of services to military ac however it appears that most planned military flying has been binned.
That's why there's very little flying today but some aircraft are still in the sky!
Bad Times, our air network is doing pretty much nothing tonight.Dread to think what this will do to the air freight business. Expect a rush on fresh fruit and veg imminently. :/
BBC News Website said:1840 Bev Ewen-Smith in Portimao, Portugal says:
It is pretty clear from the Modis satellite image that there is no dust over most of UK. Another example where fear of litigation will eventually bring everything to its knees. Thanks lawyers!
Where were you flying from?
I'm due to fly to Poland tomorrow from Luton.
There is an Aircrash Investigation episode about the British Airways Flight 9 incident that happened in 1982 that all of these news reports are referencing. It's interesting to watch, I saw it on the National Geographic channel a few years ago but they don't seem to repeat the older episodes that often and they never released them on DVD. I managed to find the episode on YouTube though:
Where were you flying from?
I'm due to fly to Poland tomorrow from Luton.