Will the Volcano prevent world leaders from heading to Poland

[malaise]

Dignitaries, including US President Barack Obama, are set to attend their burial there on Sunday.

But it is feared the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland that has disrupted air travel across northern Europe could prevent their arrival.

Some 80 foreign delegations had been scheduled to land at Krakow airport on Sunday. Mr Kaczynski's family has insisted the funeral should go ahead as planned.

The government said so far there had been no cancellations by foreign leaders.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8626683.stm

[dipsydoodle]

1. Too right it will

They can't cross the necessary airspace.

:hi:

[dragonlady]

2. They should send their ambassadors, who are already in Poland n/t

[malaise]

4. They will have no choice

The volcano is spewing even more ash today.
If I didn't know better I'd think this was Icelandic karma since the neo-liberals sure destroyed Iceland's economy.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I suppose they could if they choose to fly for hours by way of the southern hemisphere,

outside the range of the cloud.

* I amend my original premise. They can't LAND in Poland. See the map. *

[malaise]

8. World leaders are canceling by the minute

Too dangerous. Meanwhile there is major controversy in Poland as people are very upset that the former President and his wife will be buried in the Cathedral crypt and that was only allowed for Polish 'icons'.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Canada, India, Japan, South Korea cancelled; Obama still planning to attend

as are Medvedev and Merkel (she's coming by bus from Rome; Medvedev can come by land fairly easily too, I guess)

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100417/harper_poland_100417/20100417/?hub=MontrealHome

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1548940.php/Ash-cloud-spreads-south-as-Europe-air-shutdown-causes-havoc

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/17/volcanic-ash-leaves-world-leaders-struggling-to-reach-poland/?fbid=R0fR0vpL4K-

[malaise]

10. Lots more cancellations

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8627749.stm
<snip>

Not attending: US President Barack Obama; French President Nicolas Sarkozy; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; the UK's Prince of Wales and Foreign Secretary David Miliband; Spanish King Juan Carlos and PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; Turkish President Abdullah Gul; Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt; Finnish President Tarja Halonen; South Korean PM Chung Un-Chan; Canadian PM Stephen Harper; Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

Attending:Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (final decision expected shortly); Czech President Vaclav Klaus; Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic; Slovenian President Danilo Turk; Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych; Latvian President Valdis Zatlers; Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Andrus Ansip; Romanian President Traian Basescu; Hungarian President Lazslo Solyom and PM Gordon Bajnai

[northernlights]

5. they can use a custom, alternate flight path

unlike reularly scheduled flights on the "off the rack" modular routes.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Not quite sure they could do that

if all of Europes airspace is closed, as it is as far east as the Ukraine and I doubt they would take the risk anyway.

[graywarrior]

7. Frank Lapidus could chopper them in

They'd all end up on LOST, but maybe that's what they need.