http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8628323.stm
I'm still can't work out if this is health-and-safety gone mad, a PR exercise ("safety comes first") gotten out of control (they thought it would be over in 12 hours) - or simply a real and tangible danger.
I'm still can't work out if this is health-and-safety gone mad, a PR exercise ("safety comes first") gotten out of control (they thought it would be over in 12 hours) - or simply a real and tangible danger.
The two airline bodies, ACI Europe and AEA, said: "The eruption of the Icelandic volcano is not an unprecedented event and the procedures applied in other parts of the world for volcanic eruptions do not appear to require the kind of restrictions that are presently being imposed in Europe."
Germany's two biggest airlines, Lufthansa and Air Berlin, also said they had carried out test flights without apparent damage, as did Air France.
Air Berlin spokeswoman Diana Daedelow told the BBC: "It is astonishing that these findings... have seemingly been ignored in the decision-making process of the aviation safety authorities."
Air Berlin spokeswoman Diana Daedelow told the BBC: "It is astonishing that these findings... have seemingly been ignored in the decision-making process of the aviation safety authorities."
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