The Icelandic Meteorological office issuad a Warning this morning 2014.08.29 that a fissure eruption has started north of Dynjujökull.
Vedurstofa Islands, the Icelandic Meteorological office, also raised the Aviation colour code for the Bardarbunga Volcano from Orange to Red.
The Aviation colour code for the Askja Volcano has also been raised to Yellow.
An eruption started in Holuhraun north of Dyngjujökull at around 00:02. Seismic tremor was observed on all seismic stations and the web camera installed in the area by Mila has showed pictures of the eruption. It is a small fissure eruption and at 02:40 AM the activity appears to have decreased.
Soure: Icelandic Meteorological office
Friday, August 29, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Police Called After In-Flight Fight
The Police were Called after Fliers Fight Over Seat Recline.
Airline passengers have come to expect the ability to recline their seat a few inches.
When one passenger was denied that last Sunday, it led to a heated argument and the unscheduled landing of their plane.
The incident led to that the plane had to be brought down just halfway to its destination.
The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender,
a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining.
United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver was diverted to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The plane then continued to Denver without the unruly passengers, arriving 1 hour and 38 minutes late.
The Federal Aviation Administration can impose a civil fine of up to $25,000 for passengers who are unruly. In this case, no arrest was made.
The fight started when the male passenger used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining. A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him.
Source: AP / ABC News
Airline passengers have come to expect the ability to recline their seat a few inches.
When one passenger was denied that last Sunday, it led to a heated argument and the unscheduled landing of their plane.
The incident led to that the plane had to be brought down just halfway to its destination.
The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender,
a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining.
United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver was diverted to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The plane then continued to Denver without the unruly passengers, arriving 1 hour and 38 minutes late.
The Federal Aviation Administration can impose a civil fine of up to $25,000 for passengers who are unruly. In this case, no arrest was made.
The fight started when the male passenger used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining. A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him.
Source: AP / ABC News
Thursday, August 21, 2014
New Volcano Threatens Europe
Millions of us was effected by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in April 2010.
Ash spread across Europe and caused aviation authorities to close large areas of the European airspace for over six days. We were taken by surprice by the events, and we remember it with horror!
The International Air Transport Association IATA, estimated that airlines lost more than $1.7 billion in revenue during the crisis.
Since then, there has been “significant progress” in the European approach to volcanic ash eruptions, according to Eurocontrol. Aviation authority officials now say that it is highly unlikely that a new eruption will cause the same amount of problems.
The approach is more coordinated now and “recognizes that decisions to perform flights in airborne Volcanic Ash should be made by the airlines, based on the conclusions of their safety risk assessment.
A lot of research has been done since 2010.
New Volcano Threatens Europe
On August 18, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) raised the color code of the Bárðarbunga (Bardarbunga) volcano in central-southwest Iceland to orange. This is the second highest alert level, indicating that the volcano “shows heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption. The Bardarbunga volcano, last erupted in 1910.
The agency said its monitoring network had detected 2,600 earthquakes since the onset of an “earthquake swarm” in the Bárðarbunga caldera, an area of collapsed land, that started two days earlier.
Several of the seismic events measured larger than magnitude 3 on the Richter scale.
The activity is still going on. On 2014.08.20 the alert level was 4/5 on the scale.
A new eruption might not cauce the same disrution as in 2010, but it can still cause a lot of problems for the airlines.
Sources:
Aviation International News
Icelandic Meteorological Office
YLE
Ash spread across Europe and caused aviation authorities to close large areas of the European airspace for over six days. We were taken by surprice by the events, and we remember it with horror!
The International Air Transport Association IATA, estimated that airlines lost more than $1.7 billion in revenue during the crisis.
Since then, there has been “significant progress” in the European approach to volcanic ash eruptions, according to Eurocontrol. Aviation authority officials now say that it is highly unlikely that a new eruption will cause the same amount of problems.
The approach is more coordinated now and “recognizes that decisions to perform flights in airborne Volcanic Ash should be made by the airlines, based on the conclusions of their safety risk assessment.
A lot of research has been done since 2010.
New Volcano Threatens Europe
On August 18, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) raised the color code of the Bárðarbunga (Bardarbunga) volcano in central-southwest Iceland to orange. This is the second highest alert level, indicating that the volcano “shows heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption. The Bardarbunga volcano, last erupted in 1910.
The agency said its monitoring network had detected 2,600 earthquakes since the onset of an “earthquake swarm” in the Bárðarbunga caldera, an area of collapsed land, that started two days earlier.
Several of the seismic events measured larger than magnitude 3 on the Richter scale.
The activity is still going on. On 2014.08.20 the alert level was 4/5 on the scale.
A new eruption might not cauce the same disrution as in 2010, but it can still cause a lot of problems for the airlines.
Sources:
Aviation International News
Icelandic Meteorological Office
YLE
Monday, August 18, 2014
Do you want to sleep
Do you want to sleep
Perhaps this is the solution for all passengers that want to take a nap aboard.
Two Designstudents created "the b-tourist band" to make your trip more comfortable.
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