The blackest day for aviation ever
The US FAA is preparing to reopen America’s airspace to civil planes at 1600 GMT on Wednesday.
an estimated 4,000 commercial aircraft have been grounded in the US about a 3rd of the worlds fleet.
United and AA are not restarting flights yet but special permission has been granted to fly the families of those dead to new york,pittsburgh and Washigton.Alaska Airlines and Horizon have said they were preparing to restart a reduced service at operating at a quarter of their normal daily departures, while America West Airlines and Southwest Airlines hoped to begin very soon.Delta has cancelled all flights until 2200 GMT.Very limited services are being ran.Its going to take a long time to get US aviation back to normal.
And after what has been called “the blackest day aviation has ever had,” the industry is facing severe financial consequences.
Yesterday’s events will have a catastrophic effect on world aviation.Airports around the world are already filled to bursting with stranded passengers after flights to the US were halted or diverted on Tuesday. British Airways flights to Canada, the US, Israel and Islamabad and Pakistan are cancelled.A return to normality is expected to be a lengthy process, due to the need for extremely tight security measures and the lack of space for airplanes on the ground.And even once airports do reopen,high security of a kind unfamiliar to most US domestic air travellers is likely to become very normal.
STEPPING UP THE SECURITY:
Security has been stepped up at Heathrow which normally has 68 scheduled flights a day to the US.
the UK government banned all commercial air traffic from flying over the capital, London, as did Belgian authorities with planes due to pass above Brussels.Airspace in Israel has remained closed.Even Easyjet has been forced to cancel flights because of the sheer volume of people at airports.
WATCHING THE PICTURES:
This morning when i woke up and turned on the television.Watching the pictures from the different angles of the planes smashing into the buildings was just so unbelievable,how could this happen?What it must of been like for these people is unthinkable.The terrorists forced them to phone their families,how are you supposed to tell your families that your plane is hurtling into the WTC and is going to kill thousands?God help those people.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1540000/1540…
There are some very sad and emotional reports from the families of those who died about what their loved ones said.
Once again i want to say may god help all those involved,may they find those involved and kill them as that is the least that they deserve.
Regards Saab 2000
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