Fortunately he has a hotel room and is not stuck at the Heathrow terminal. The hotel is charging $385 per night. We wonder how much the room rates will revert back to after the air clears and travelers can move on.
From the report:
Other reports say that some airports in France and Germany were being opened for limited periods to exploit gaps in the ash cloud. For now, however, airports in at least 15 countries were closed -- flights canceled to avoid ash that can cause jet engines to fail.
Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, was practically deserted except for the live-ins on Sunday, Day 4 of an unprecedented disruption of air travel caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland.While the jilted passengers can't get what they really want at the airport — a flight out — their basic necessities are being met. There's even free food at midnight, when the nearby and largely empty restaurants have to discard their day's inventory.
Volcanic ash contains particles, whose melting point is below that of an engine's internal temperature.
During flight, these particles will immediately melt if they go through an engine. Going through the turbine, the melted materials rapidly cool down, stick on the turbine vanes, and disturb the flow of high-pressure combustion gases.
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