Clouds of ash: France is not threatened
Posted by admin | Under connection, information, management, marketing, profitable Tuesday May 4, 2010Flights arriving and departing from Ireland were canceled between 1200 GMT 6:00 ET Tuesday, May 4, due to the arrival of a cloud of volcanic ash dense, particularly from Iceland said on Monday the Civil Aviation Authority of Ireland (AAI). The British aviation officials have also decided Monday to shut down part of the Scottish airspace, a measure that should be extended on Tuesday in Northern Ireland.
The decision to cancel flights "is based on the risk to passengers and crew adrift south of the ash cloud caused by northeast winds," said the Authority. Civil protection in Reykjavik Iceland, contacted by AFP said they had observed no change in the activity of the volcano which is still Eyjafjöll eruption.It only spits ash and small quantities, "she said.
In contrast, France does not expect to close its airports, said Tuesday Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of Sustainable Development and Transport. "There are no plans to close in France, nor do I believe in the whole of Western Europe, the current state of the weather. There is no fear to have," assured the minister on France Inter.
The cloud of ash has cost 1.26 billion euros
About the management of air transport at the height of the crisis in April, the minister said the authorities had acted on behalf of the "safety of passengers, not on behalf of the precautionary principle. "We did not use the precautionary principle but simply dangerous to the safety of passengers. This was done with great caution," he said. "If it happens again, we now have the means of analysis.We now know a little better understanding of this type of situation, "he added.
For Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology, airports could be closed "if necessary. But it is too early to tell." "It depends on the concentration of particles in clouds," she said on LCI: "On the last episode, what we have seen, contrary to what the experts told us at the outset, namely that no reactor could not go through this type of cloud, in reality, if there is a level of tolerance. "
The paralysis in air traffic in Europe following the eruption of the volcano, which lasted nearly a week in April, caused a loss of 1.26 billion euros for the airlines, according to Association International Air Transport Association (IATA), and caused chaos on transport on the European continent.More than 100,000 flights have been canceled and then over eight million passengers were stranded.