A cloud of volcanic ash?! Are you kidding me?!

laura2481

Oh dear, hopefully it wil be sorted soon and your guest will just be delayed a little- rather than not get here at all! Good luck, fingers crossed for you!

Littlemadam83

Oh I really do feel for you. That is a horrible thing to have happen. Fingers crossed flights return to normal by tomorrow and they will get here in time xxx

floss2

floss2 wrote: »

My OH is stuck in Copenhagen......he'll get another night at the company's expense!

Update - OH is coming home tomorrow by train...overnight Friday night Copenhagen to Cologne, then to Brussels, then Eurostar to London, then to home in the NW. Will arrive in London 24 hours after he is due to land at Manchester airport :eek:

picklepick

Oh dear. I heard on the news on the radio just that they think it might be gone by 6pm this evening?
Not sure how true that is though of course!

Hope they make it in time!

BritRael

raspabarbas wrote: »

Half our guests are now stranded in Europe. Nightmare! No best man!

Thank you so much, Iceland!

Sorry to hear about that. Hope you get around it

It wont solve your problem, but it might help to watch the National Geographic 'air crash investigations' program; a cloud of volcanic ash almost brought down a BA jumbo jet flying over the Pacific a few years ago after the fine particles from an erupting volcano there blocked all the engines. :eek:.
Luckily the crew managed to re-start the engines minutes before disaster as it plummeted to the sea. :T
The phenomenon was previously unknown but has now led to the introduction of more safety controls.

bubbles0169

awww no!
my sister is due to fly out to spain on sat to start work for the summer
who'd have thought a volcano in one of the coldest places on earth would affect birmingham airport!!??

Saint_Chris

Oh i'm sorry to hear about your news

It's not looking good, as they are expecting the wind to bring more ash over our country in the next 4 hours

all updates are on this brill page

http://www.nats.co.uk/

The cloud of volcanic ash is now spread across the UK and continuing to travel south. In line with international civil aviation policy, no flights other than agreed emergencies are currently permitted in UK controlled airspace. Following a review of the latest Met Office information, NATS advises that these restrictions will remain in place in UK controlled airspace until 0700 (UK time) tomorrow, Friday 16 April, at the earliest. We will review further Met Office information and at 2000 today (UK time) we will advise the arrangements that will be in place through to 1300 (UK time) tomorrow.
We continue to work closely with airports, airlines, and the rest of Europe to understand and mitigate the implications of the volcanic eruption


That's nothing in or out of this country, till at least 7.00am, and maybe later.




Where in the northwest do you live, i would be more than happy to come your wedding, if your looking to fill the seats, i have a nice dress and hat.............................:beer:

Birdie85

LOL Saint_Chris! I could come as your plus one!

My friend has just text me to say that her BF who was due home tonight is now stuck in Barcelona with a load of schoolkids until Monday!

I really hope your guests find a way to get to the wedding!

Saint_Chris

well i've made an apt to get my roots done tomorrow, just in case:D

Have you any news on your relatives, are they on there way by boat or train?

raspabarbas

Thanks for the links and your good vibes. One couple managed to get a ferry, so they're driving up from maidenhead, but there's still two in amsterdam, two in germany and the best man is somewhere between Panama and madrid and we haven't heard from him.

Latest reports are that the cloud is drifting slowly and the restrictions might be in place for another 48 hours.

Luckily the wedding is not til 4pm so people have a bit longer to get there than if it was in the morning.

Fingers crossed too...