By: Icelandic volcanic ash stops major transatlantic flights

Icelandic volcanic ash stops major transatlantic flights — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:03:47 +0000

[...] airliners. Pilots that ignore clouds of ash, do so at their peril and endanger their passengers. I wrote about volcanoes about two years ago when Alaska’sKasatochi Volcano was erupting and Alaska Airlines had to cancel scores of [...]

By: Wrona

Wrona — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:39:51 +0000

Thanks for the article Charlie. It brings back memories for me. I lived in Anchorage at the time of the KLM jet incident and we, like many others, were scheduled to fly out to the lower 48 that evening as that was the last day of school before Christmas break. Our flight was not cancelled because the plane was already in Anchorage and they wanted to get it out of town. It was very weird showing up at the airport and seeing every flight listed on the board as cancelled, except ours. People were standing around hoping they could get a seat on our flight. As we walked to the gate, we kept hearing announcements saying “All passengers to Fairbanks, all airlines, please proceed to gate B1 for the bus.” It was very solemn and sober on the plane as we boarded. And most of us on the plane were never more grateful to land safely than when we did that night in Seattle. We were the last flight out of Anchorage for 3 days.

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By: Icelandic volcanic ash stops major transatlantic flights

By: Wrona