2010-04-17

mcgillianaire: (Default)
2010-04-17 02:30 pm

European Airspace A Few Minutes Ago



According to Eurocontrol, they expect "approximately 6,000 flights to take place today in European airspace. On a normal Saturday, we would expect 22,000. Yesterday, there were 10,400 flights compared to the normal 28,000. No landings and take offs are possible for civilian aircraft across most of northern and central Europe . This includes Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Northern France, most of Germany, Hungary, Ireland, northern Italy, the Netherlands, southern Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK." Absolutely incredible! On a lighter note, The Telegraph investigates What has Iceland done for Britain?
mcgillianaire: (Football player)
2010-04-17 02:50 pm

Manchester City 0 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED [Paul Scholes 90+3'], EPL Gameweek 35

The Red Devils were literally seconds away from their first ever back-to-back goalless draws since the Premier League began in 1992. That's how dominant they have been the last eighteen years, so it should've come as no surprise to me when they snatched a last-minute equaliser in stoppage time, away at the Manchester derby. No pressure on Chelsea to beat Spurs later today. Grr, If I hated them before...