Iceland: Volcano eruption causes huge flight chaos

[jbrabec22]

Bout' time somebody held the camera steady for 2+ seconds!!!!

[NielsShoe]

Its already destroyed the engines of an F-18 that pilot flew through the invisible ash cloud.

[Parapon3ra]

What a bunch of fags... Just resume service already, it's safe to fly. The ash is too diluted to cause any real damage.

[Cubekiller04]

@Parapon3ra so not true my friend ;) i'm from iceland and this ash is not a joke, they are saying that when our biggest volcano starts it's gonna be alot bigger and the ash will go world wide. and what happens when the ash go into the engine is that the ash will turn to glass that's why the engines brake down.

[tessaring]

Anybody understanding what they are saying?

[rad4life1]

I dont know why, but this gives me a hard on!

[max1xxx]

No Refund on booked flights  which are cancelled it is.......A act of God Climate change ?carbon emissions tax

Both particulate and fuel smoke concentrations are strongly influenceds the weather ,

No planes could be a good thing, ? fresh air at last and no second hand smokea good quality of life. People have a right to expect that the air they breathe will not harm them uk airspace ban should become a national event for a week one a year.

[max1xxx]

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord

I've been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord

Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord

Phill collins

[Rickyrab]

OMG it's 9/11 all over again!

[pinadeiro]

this look so fake...

after all ..something like this is completly normal in iceland

[Brendozbechoz]

one thing i don't get about this is: they say we cant fly helicopters or airplanes because the ash could stop the engines or damage them, but almost all the footage of the volcano spuwing ash out is from a helicopter? how is that so?

[aromchuen]

@Brendozbechoz Yep, Was going to say the same thing Alexeriks said. Also those are coast guards airplanes and helicopters flying. PLUS, flight over the area wasnt banned immidietely after the second eruption... so

[asdffdas1234]

@Brendozbechoz

Your right, those aircrafts are by no means immune to the ash.

It's just a very simple trick. They're simply not flying where the ash is. Close proximity makes it easy for them to stay upwind where there is no ash (at least for now while the wind is firm and constantly blowing the ash south-east over Europe).

[asdffdas1234]

@asdffdas1234 cont

Plus I believe those are early pictures when it was mostly steam when the ice caps were still melting and not so much ash coming out yet. The no fly zone has now been extended to a 10 mile radius even when there is no ash upwind. Frustrating many sightseeing pilots.

[myzaroth]

@Brendozbechoz i'm asking myself the same question ???