А был ли мальчик?

[aranciorosso]

Сегодня вулканическое облако якобы уже добралось то ли до нас, то ли до Гамбурга. Но рейс в Гамбург отменён. Пока этот. Интересно, сегодня должен вернуться шеф из лондонии. Чем летит, не знаю. Зашла полюбоытствовать на сайт Ryanair. Там ещё вчерашняя информация, но похоже, что дурят нас изрядно с этим облаком:
 

Earlier today Ryanair confirmed that it operated a one hour verification flight up to 41,000 feet in Scottish airspace this morning (24th May).    The aircraft took off from Glasgow Prestwick, flew to Inverness, on to Aberdeen and down to Edinburgh - all of which according to the UK Met Office charts were in the “red zone” of “high ash concentration”. 

During the flight there was no visible volcanic ash cloud or any other presence of volcanic ash and the post flight inspection revealed no evidence of volcanic ash on the airframe, wings or engines.    The absence of any volcanic ash in the atmosphere supports Ryanair’s stated view that there is no safety threat to aircraft in this mythical “red zone” which is another misguided invention by the UK Met. Office and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). 

This afternoon Ryanair operated another flight, without passengers, from Glasgow to Edinburgh through an area designated by the CAA as 'high ash concentration'. Again no evidence of ash was encountered either during the flight or during the post flight inspection.

Ryanair has also received written confirmation from both its airframe and engine manufacturers that it is safe to operate in these so called “red zones” and, in any event, Ryanair’s verification flight this morning confirms that the “red zone” over Scotland is non-existent.