04-18-2010, 10:10 AM
Well - probably pretty much off topic for this forum, but it seems like the wind has changed and Norway now mostly is out of the path for the ash clouds. All our airports north of Bergen has been reopened, and transcontinental flights and a bunch of shuttle flights from Iceland are now routed in onto the Vaernes airport near Trondheim in mid-central Norway to get people formerly stuck on Iceland into Europe.
Tomorrow flights are supposed to be operating from Vaernes down to Oslo, too, unless the wind turns. South of Oslo prospects still seem somewhat gray (...) for tomorrow.
Test flights have been made by various airlines and governments. The Finnish air force reported some buildup of ash in the turbines of F-18s and Hawk jet planes sent up to check conditions, Lufthansa and KLM reports successful flights without any observable damage in central Europe.
Meanwhile - no change in volcanic activity on Iceland - the stuff keeps getting thrown up into the air at the same rate as it has for the last couple of days.
Stein
Tomorrow flights are supposed to be operating from Vaernes down to Oslo, too, unless the wind turns. South of Oslo prospects still seem somewhat gray (...) for tomorrow.
Test flights have been made by various airlines and governments. The Finnish air force reported some buildup of ash in the turbines of F-18s and Hawk jet planes sent up to check conditions, Lufthansa and KLM reports successful flights without any observable damage in central Europe.
Meanwhile - no change in volcanic activity on Iceland - the stuff keeps getting thrown up into the air at the same rate as it has for the last couple of days.
Stein