Volcanic ash cloud: UK flight ban worsens

Volcanic ash cloud: UK flight ban worsens

The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland that has been the reason for the ongoing flight ban in the greater area of Great Britain and Europe has worsened over the last couple of days. The UK flight ban worsened and passengers for far flung destinations where told that they might be stranded for at least nine days. Although some Scottish airports briefly began operating again on Friday night, experts said the travel misery could last a fortnight. Even if British airspace would be fully reopened, the backlog of flights will take days to clear. On Thursday alone, 16,000 of the usual 28,000 flights across the continent were cancelled. No landings or takeoffs were possible for civilian aircraft in most of northern and central Europe The anger among passengers grew because of the slow response from travel insurers, with some already refusing to cover losses due to the exceptional nature of the eruption.

Source: Retrieved April 17th, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/7600412/Volcanic-ash-cloud-UK-flight-ban-worsens.html


My reaction:
A rather cruel way of Mother Nature to say you are not going anywhere today, not on my watch. That is the reason that this article drew my attention because I know a lot of my fellow classmates had a problem with flight delays or cancelation due to this volcanic ash cloud. On the 17th of April the UKOK trips where planned to happen but for a lot of my classmates it did not go as smoothly as hoped. I however went to London by train and did not experience any delay but I was thinking about the others and hoping their plane did get of and bring them to the place that they where ment to go.