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Chilean Volcanic Ash Cloud
The Cordón Caulle Volcano in the Andes mountain range in Chile as you all have seen on TV or other media outlets has erupted, and its ash cloud has started to affect domestic and international Australian & New Zealand flights. Yesterday QF63 had to make a tech stop in Perth due to this ash cloud, and LAN and Aerolineas Argentinas flights have been severely delayed as well.
Today, JQ731 and 732 OOL-HBA-OOL have been cancelled, as the ash cloud is expected to be over Tasmania by noon today. The Bureau of Meteorology has a regularly updated map of where the ash cloud is, in the Darwin VAAC area: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD65290.shtml The Wellington VAAC also shows the ash cloud over South Island in New Zealand here: http://vaac.metservice.com/vag/1507-141-2011_8 Hopefully we won't see this affecting alot of flights in our airspace! |
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