Det er pilgrims-/hajj-tid som kjent og en bunke europeiske maskiner flyr shuttle til/fra Indonesia, deriblant velkjente OY-VKG fra Thomas Cook Skandinavia.
Avherald.com melder følgende:
Incident: Thomas Cook Scandinavia A333 near Batam on Oct 28th 2010, entered volcanic ash cloud
Avherald.com melder følgende:
The airplane was not able to continue to Jeddah on schedule due to ashes ingested by the engines while the aircraft obviously entered an ash cloud of Indonesia's Merapi volcano.
Incident: Thomas Cook Scandinavia A333 near Batam on Oct 28th 2010, entered volcanic ash cloud