Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Eruption Forces More Flight Cancellations

More flights from Sydney to New Zealand have been cancelled

All Qantas and Jetstar flights from Sydney to New Zealand have cancelled again as new clouds of volcanic ash from continued eruption at Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano complex hits southern Australia’s airspace.

Qantas has reportedly cancelled up to a 100 domestic flights and eight trans-Tasman flights today, as of posting.

The ash has also severely disrupted Virgin flights, reports said. The ash could severely disrupt flight from New Zealand tomorrow.

Ash and sulphur dioxide (SO2) from Puyehue Volcano Complex eruptions. The Ash RGB is composed from data from a combination of the SEVIRI IR8.7, IR10.8 and IR12.0 channels. Copyright Eumetsat 2011. Click image to enlarge.

Movement of volcanic ash clouds from Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Eruption between 5 and 12 June, 2011. Credit: NOAA and EUMETSAT

Latest Advisory by VAAC BUENOS AIRES

FVAG01 SABM 210200 2011172 0202
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20110621/0200Z
VAAC: BUENOS AIRES
VOLCANO: CORDON CAULLE 1507-141
PSN: S4052 W07220
AREA: CHILE-C
SUMMIT ELEV: 1798M
ADVISORY NR: 2011/074
INFO SOURCE: GOES-12 GFS/HYSPLIT MODEL
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSION
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 21/0100Z
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 MOV NE 15KT AREA BTN S4052 W07220 – S4000
W07000 – S4100 W06700 – S4030 W06300 – S3900 W06600 – S3900 W07000 –
S4052 W07220
FCST ASH CLD +06HR: 210800Z SFC/FL150 : S4052 W07220 – S3800 W07030 –
S3900 W06700 – S4000 W06300 – S4100 W06700 – S4052 W07220
FCST ASH CLD +12HR: 211400Z SFC/FL150: S4052 W07220 – S3800 W07200 –
S3900 W06800 – S4000 W06500 – S4100 W06200 – S4100 W06500 – S4030
W07000 – S4052
W07220
FCST ASH CLD +18HR: 212000Z SFC/FL150 : S4052 W07220 – S3600 W07300 –
S3800 W07100 – S3900 W06500 – S4000 W06100 – S4100 W06500 – S4000
W07000 – S4052
W07220
RMK: VA CLOUD AREA CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20110621/0800Z

VAAC Darwin

© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Click image to enlarge.

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Puyehue Volcano Ash Clouding SH Skies

Continued Eruption at Puyehue Volcano Complex Wreaking Havoc in Southern Hemisphere

Eruption Details: CONTINUOUS EMISSION

Eruption Details from Darwin VAAC:
HIGH LEVEL ERUPTION, ASH MOVING EAST

Credit: NOAA and EUMETSAT 

Ash and sulphur dioxide (SO2) from Puyehue Volcano Complex eruptions. The Ash RGB is composed from data from a combination of the SEVIRI IR8.7, IR10.8 and IR12.0 channels. Copyright Eumetsat 2011. Click image to enlarge.

Source: NILU Institute, Norway. Image may be subject to copyright.

IDD41290
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 2011/06/13/ 00:00UTC
VAAC: Darwin

VOLCANO: Cordon Caulle 1507-141
PSN: S4031 W07212
AREA: Chile C
SUMMIT ELEV: 1,798M

ADVISORY NR: 2011/24
INFO SOURCE: MTSAT, TOULOUSE VAAC, AIREP
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: RED
ERUPTION DETAILS: HIGH LEVEL ERUPTION, ASH MOVING EAST

Airline Flights

Australian airline Qantas said it was too dangerous to fly through the thick clouds of ash drifting over the Pacific Ocean from  continuous eruption at CORDON CAULLE volcano in the Puyehue Volcano Complex, Chile. Accordingly, it has cancelled all its flights to and from Melbourne. The decision follows earlier flight cancellations in and out of Tasmania and most of of New Zealand.

All other airlines, with the exception of Air New Zealand, have also grounded flights in the region.

The logic-defying Air New Zealand is risking the lives of its passengers by worming in out of the ash clouds, trying to dodge the worst of the plumes. The airline said it was adjusting flight paths to steer aircraft below the ash!!

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Cockpit Fire Forces Airbus A330 to Land

Cockpit Fire Forces Jetstar Passenger Airbus A330 to Make Emergency Landing in Guam

A Jetstar Airbus A330-200  with 203 people on board was forced into an emergency landing after a fire broke out in the cockpit.

Airbus A330-200 flight from Osaka, Japan to Queensland, Australia operated by budget airline Jetstar was forced into an emergency landing after a fire broke out in its cockpit. Photo: AFP. Image may be subject to copyright.

The Jetstar Airbus A330-200, a similar model to the Air France Airbus flight 447 that crashed last week, was flying from Osaka, Japan to Australia when the cockpit caught fire.

The pilots put out the fire which broke out about four hours into the flight from Osaka to the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, before landing the plane in Guam, Jetstar was reported as saying, adding that all on board were unharmed.

“Smoke became evident in the cockpit and one of our pilots was required to use an extinguisher,” a Jetstar spokesman told Australia’s ABC News.

“We conducted an emergency diversion to Guam international airport where the aircraft landed without incident.”

He said the plane, which is two years old, would be held in Guam until the cause of the fire was established.

Flight JQ 20 left Kansai International Airport (OSAKA) about 21:00 Wednesday  bound for Perth with  186 adult passengers, four babies and a crew of 13 including 4 pilots. Most of the passengers were Japanese nationals, a report said.

Jetstar is a budget airline based in Australia and Singapore, and is part-owned by Australia’s national carrier, Qantas.

The Moderators have been expecting another Air New Zealand Airbus A320 to plunge into the sea (again), based on the airline’s safety statistics, but Air France beat the kiwis to it!

The probability remains that the next major air disaster would occur as a result of an Air New Zealand Airbus crashing into the sea [with a certainty of 0.74] —Airbus Must Come Clean

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Spirit of Australia!

Australian pilot Captain John Francis Barters (R) looks at the damage to a Qantas Airways plane after it made an emergency landing at the Manila International airport July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout.