Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe

n2doc

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:40 AM
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Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe

By ROBERT BARR
The Associated Press
Thursday, April 15, 2010; 9:07 AM
LONDON -- British airport operator BAA Ltd. says all flights at London's Heathrow Airport have been suspended for the rest of the day, causing travel chaos as ash clouds from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across Europe.

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A BAA spokesman said Thursday that no further flights are expected to arrive or land at the airport, which is Europe's busiest.

Heathrow handles over 1,200 flights and 180,000 passengers per day.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

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Xenotime

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:41 AM
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1. Trading one polluter for another.

At least this one is a natural one.

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DCBob

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:46 AM
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2. The earth is getting angry..

man may have gone too far.

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KittyWampus

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:49 AM
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4. Nature probably doesn't have emotions but it certainly does have an innate capacity for

organizing over scales vastly large and constantly correcting itself.

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Xenotime

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:50 AM
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5. Could be. First MOABs and then drilling and after that earthquakes and now this...

We may have started the earth on a path of destruction that we can not stop.

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SidDithers

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:47 AM
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3. Volcanic ash is nasty stuff...

very dense, and sticky when wet.

Sid

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ManiacJoe

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Thu Apr-15-10 01:45 PM
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6. And it is very abrasive.

Very bad things happen when it gets into jet engines.

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UTUSN

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Thu Apr-15-10 02:41 PM
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7. OMZ, the radio news said the no-fly might be days OR WEEKS!1 n/t

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Thu Apr-15-10 02:45 PM
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8. picture from another DU thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8155168&mesg_id=8155168

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Fleshdancer

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Thu Apr-15-10 02:59 PM
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9. My husband's flight was turned around because of this

Poor guy is now stuck in Philly and he doesn't know if he should wait it out, or just come home.

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