Sunday, April 18, 2010

Royal Navy Prepared To Pick Up Thousands Of Stranded Britons

Coming home: Britons rescued from France by TV presenter Dan Snow. But his plan was thwarted by the authorities. Photo from The Daily Mail

From The Daily Mail:

An Armada of Royal Navy ships is poised to rescue Britons stranded by the aviation shutdown.

The dramatic operation would carry thousands of families home from Channel ports in a rerun of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.

Security Minister Lord West said commercial ships and amphibious landing craft could also be drafted into service.

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My Comment:
So much for visiting my relatives in Russia if this keeps volcano keeps on erupting this summer.

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