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Topic History of: Volcanic Ash problems over?
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veritas |
excellent comment JC :
"but the thing about flying is that you can't just pull into the side when you get engine trouble"  |
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Locked Out |
Well they're not over for us. We should, right now, be somewhere {very probably lost} in the beautiful Sabina countryside. Instead I'm hanging washing out in Yorkshire. And hoping that Jet 2 {who don't appear to be very good at answering emails} are going to be as good as their word with regard to reimbursements. Until we know that they're going to refund we daren't book another flight. C'est la vie. |
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JC |
The volcanic ash was never expected to fall on us, and that was the problem. It stayed in the air in pockets posing a possible hazard to aircraft. Safety precautions were probably a little exaggerated but the thing about flying is that you can't just pull into the side when you get engine trouble, you tend to come crashing down.
It's been a reminder of what we take for granted, and that not everything in life is going to go to plan. Stuff happens and it's not always somebody's fault. |
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veritas |
more like a giant scam.
checked the price of flight I wanted a week ago-$900..today's price quoted on Emirates : $11,000  |
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The Fat Controller |
The same here. I've been scratching my head for six days. No volcanic ash fall reported anywhere across England...that flies directly in the face of the satellite pics which showed huge swirling clouds of the stuff supposedly right above us and travelling the length and breadth of the country.
A terrorist threat? Independence Day? Close Encounters of The Absurd Kind? Didn't the final sequences of that film have a giant spaceship hovering over a dormant volcano?
Or have we just watched too many movies? |
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