Bramble Airport Buried Forever ~ MONTSERRAT ~ Exclusion Zone V ~ Drone Caribbean ~ WeBeYachting.com
Take a look at the lost W.H. Bramble airport destroyed by multiple volcano eruptions. We where not allowed to enter this part of the exclusion zone V. The footage seen here was shot from the safety zone of Jack Boy Hill.
W.H. Bramble Airport, also known as Blackburne Airport, was a small international airport on the east coast of the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It was named after Montserrat Chief Minister William Henry Bramble.
The airport was destroyed in 1997 by an eruption of the nearby Soufriere Hills volcano, which obliterated much of the southern part of the island. For several years after the disaster, Montserrat was only accessible by helicopters or boats, until July 2005, when the new Gerald's Airport (now John A. Osborne Airport) was completed at the north end of the island. Bramble Airport had used the IATA airport code MNI, but this has now been transferred to the new airport.
Today only a few visible structures can be seen, The airport was is permanently damaged and is not repairable.
History
Montserrat is a small island, only 10 miles long by 7 miles wide, located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. It is only about 40 square miles in size, but due to recent volcanic activity it is actually increased in size.
Despite being diminutive, the location and topography of Montserrat proved to be attractive to early explorers. Christopher Columbus was first reported to have spotted the island in 1493 and he named it Santa Maria de Montserrat for a monastery in Catalonia, Spain.
Disaster Strikes
Montserrat has fallen victim to natural disasters multiple times in its history. In 1989 Hurricane Hugo would kill 21 people and destroy 90% of the island, causing an estimated $300M in damage. Despite the near total destruction of the island, they would receive aid and rebuild. In July of 1995, the previously-dormant Soufrière Hills volcano would erupt. It would send pyroclastic lava flows in all directions – including toward the town of Plymouth. By August of 1995 residents were evacuated when fragmented volcanic ash began to fall on the town; several months later the residents were allowed to return. On June 25th, 1997, another eruption would see the town almost completely overcome by pyroclastic surges. Nineteen people were killed, and once again Plymouth was evacuated. Soufrière Hills would continue to erupt into August, and eventually bury 80% of Plymouth.
Volcanic Exclusion Zone & The Future
The government has prohibited anyone from entering the area affected by the pyroclastic flows. Even homes that were not overcome by the flows were forced to be abandoned (see below). If the roads to get to these homes weren’t destroyed, the plumbing and electrical infrastructure was. The inability to rebuild in the area has left these otherwise sound structures to sit empty and rot. Recovery of Plymouth would be next-to impossible. The hard pyroclastic flow buries the town in a concrete-like rock. Sewage pipes are severed. There is very little grass or soil and the town has a moon-like surface covered in rock and large boulders. Rebuilding would require large-scale demolition not available to Montserrat; heavy equipment and explosives would be needed just to break up the rock, and the now-infertile scorched earth beneath offers little incentive to try. Even if the island had the capability to rebuild, the cost to do so would be astronomical, further reducing the chance that Plymouth Montserrat will ever return.
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*Sunny “AKA Sun” Lea of Montserrat Island Tours
*Clover, David & Noah of Gingerbread Hill
*Dr Richard Roscoe for the helping with still photographs.
*Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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LOST CITY OF PLYMOUTH ~ MONTSERRAT ~ Volcano Exclusion Zone ~ UAV Drone Caribbean ~ WeBeYachting.com
Take a step inside the forbidden exclusion zone V of the old capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, a modern Pompeii. Destroyed by several volcano eruptions over the past 20 years.
We obtained the correct special clearances/permits from the MVO “Montserrat Volcano Observatory”, the local Police and had an approved guide to enter the V exclusion zone. All sites visited, ground filming and arial filming was done in accordance to all local laws. This footage was shot within regulation of Montserrat use UAV/ drone flying rules flying procedures within regards to locations and flight hight limits.
Montserrat (/mɒntsəˈræt/) is a Caribbean island—specifically in the Leeward Islands, which is part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the British West Indies. It is a British Overseas Territory. Montserrat measures approximately 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide, with approximately 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. Montserrat is nicknamed The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants.
On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom. The volcanic activity continues, mostly affecting the vicinity of Plymouth, including its docking facilities, and the eastern side of the island around the former W. H. Bramble Airport, the remnants of which were buried by flows from volcanic activity on 11 February 2010.
An exclusion zone that extends from the south coast of the island north to parts of the Belham Valley was imposed because of the size of the existing volcanic dome and the resulting potential for pyroclastic activity. Visitors are generally not permitted entry into the exclusion zone, but an impressive view of the destruction of Plymouth can be seen from the top of Garibaldi Hill in Isles Bay. Relatively quiet since early 2010, the volcano continues to be closely monitored by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. It is the most studied volcano in the world and Montserrat is regarded as a 'Modern Day Pompeii' in the Caribbean.
A new town and port is being developed at Little Bay, which is on the northwest coast of the island. While this construction proceeds, the centre of government and businesses rests at Brades.
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We do our best in trying to describe accurately, we cannot verify the exact facts of everything we publish. This posting may contain Information, facts, speculation or rumor. We find images from the inter web that are believed to belong in the public domain or we have acquired the usage rights from the rightful owner. If any facts, stories or photos/images that appear on in this video are in violation of copyright laws, please email to WeBeYachting@yahoo.com and we will remove/mast the offending section as soon as possible. Kindest regards Capt Eric
We wish to extend a special thanks to:
* Sunny “AKA Sun” Lea of Montserrat Island Tours
Clover, David & Noah of Gingerbread Hill
Dr Richard Roscoe for the helping with still photographs.
We hope you enjoyed our new video.
We are always glad to hear your comments and cheers from Nelsons DockYard Antigua.
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Spring Hotel Montserrat Ruins ~ EXCLUSION ZONE ~ Volcano ~ UAV Drone Caribbean ~ WeBeYachting.com
Take a step inside the forbidden exclusion zone C, entering the old Montserrat Springs Hotel Ruins. Destroyed by several volcano eruptions over the past 20 years and major hurricanes. We realize how sad this video is but we feel that it needs to be shared with the world. So many of us just don't realize how much the people of Montserrat have been through.
Not much information about this hotel is available on the internet. These are some of the facts that we did find. Also you can see in the video the guests book, timeline.
Montserrat Springs Hotel (46 rooms, six apartments) also once called the Emerald Isle Hotel back in 1977, in 1994 it was the Montserrat Springs Hotel and finally in 1996 reopened as the Montserrat Spring Spa and Tennis club.
The ruined Montserrat Springs hotel - once one of the island's fines
hotels, and now rusted in parts and collapsed owing to exposure to corrosive volcanic gases, acid rain and ash fall. Its few remaining rooms had been left undisturbed: shirts hung ghostly in a wardrobe,
Sadly everyone was forced to abandoned every property you see here for their personal safety as mother nature is just so powerful.
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Air Studio's Montserrat ~ House of Legendary Music ~ UAV Drone Caribbean ~ WeBeYachting.com
AIR Studio's Montserrat was the creation of the late music producer Sir George Martin, who fell for the island while on vacation there in 1977.
Between 1979 and 1989, AIR Studios on the east Caribbean island of Montserrat was a premier recording destination for a galaxy of Rock-and-Roll stars where a plethora of albums and songs of the 1980s emerged, including The Police’s Ghost in the Machine (1981) and Synchronicity (1982–83), Duran Duran’s Rio (1982), Jimmy Buffett’s Volcano (1979), The Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels (1989), Elton John’s Too Low for Zero (1983), Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms (1984–1985), and Black Sabbath’s The Eternal Idol (1986) to name a few.
At least 67 albums were recorded in full or in part by internationally famous musicians at AIR Studios Montserrat during the 1980s.
Category 4 Hurricane Hugo made a direct hit on Montserrat in September 1989, heavily damaging nearly all of the buildings on the tiny island and forcing the closure of Air Studios Montserrat. The property has suffered further damage from the ongoing eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano over the past 20+ years.
AIR Studios is located near the boundary of the exclusion zone, whose precise location depends on the level of volcanic activity at any given time, and it is thus an inherently dangerous place to visit.
In the famous words of Sir George Martin; “It’s like everything in life: everything has a period. You bring something out of nothing, and it always goes back to nothing again”
Our goal with this video was to bring the visions of past and present together and to give you, the viewer a real feeling of what it was like to be there. It was quite an emotional, exciting and somewhat overwhelming feeling to be in the house of such legendary music and to stand in the exact location of some of our most idolized musical stars.
Are we crazy to feel that it is just wrong to let this slip away? We daydream of bringing this sacred place back to life (as we are sure many have done before us).
We sincerely hope you have enjoyed this, We are always glad to hear your comments and cheers from Nelsons DockYard Antigua.
*** We wish to extend a huge THANK YOU to FRANK OGLETHORPE for the use of some of his incredible photos. ***
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MONTSERRAT ~ Statue Rock ~ Best UAV Drone Caribbean ~ WeBeYachting.com
Montserrat is one incredibly beautiful mountainous Caribbean island, part of the Lesser Antilles chain and a British Overseas Territory. Sadly Its Soufrière Hills volcano first erupted in the 1990s, causing devastation to the southern part of the island which is now an exclusion zone. The north part of the island is largely unaffected, and has unique black sand beaches, coral reefs, breath taking cliffs, shoreline caves and a new city.
Visitors are politely told that Montserrat is not a volcano; it has a volcano and assured that the north part of the Island remains entirely safe, with the Soufrière Hills volcano is under round-the-clock monitoring by a MVO “Montserrat volcano observatory”. As is often the way in the aftermath of disaster, the close-knit community has forged stronger bonds than ever. Crime is a rarity, front doors and vehicles are unlocked, with the PEOPLE making the island magical. For first-time visitors to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, some of the local vocabulary evokes Geology 101. Words like “pyroclastic flow,” “seismic” and “dome collapse” pop up often in conversations with native islanders and longtime residents.
There is much to do in Montserrat other that visiting volcano devastation exclusion zones, there is epic nature hiking trails, black sand beaches, even a nice hike that will take you to the only white sand beach on the island. Drop an email to Sunny Lea, he is a wealth of local knowledge and is an amazing tour guide.
We wish to extend a special thanks to:
Sunny “AKA Sun” Lea of Montserrat Island Tours
&
Clover, David & Noah of Gingerbread Hill
Stay tuned we are working on publishing our next video of parts of the exclusion zone.
This video was shot within regulation of Montserrat recreational use drone flying rules by responsible flying procedures with regards to locations and flight hight limits.
We hope you enjoyed our new video.
We are always glad to hear your comments and cheers from Nelsons DockYard Antigua.
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Montserrat Volcano exclusion zone. Drone footage 2016 Sy Skye
Plymouth-Montserrat Volcano exclusion zone. Drone footage 2016
The Soufriere Hills and the volcano.
Music:
Montserrat Exclusion zone
In this video we tour some parts of the exclusion zone that has been re-opened. We walk into houses that have been abandoned, a hotel, a Museum, and a Factory. All of which is slowly being taken over by nature. Once the roof starts leaking on these buildings, it's not long after that the real decaying starts.
SABA Island ~ Ladder Bay ~ Epic UAV Drone ~ Caribbean Travels at its BEST ~ WeBeYachting.com
Ladder Bay is an anchorage on the leeward side of Saba Island. It sits directly under the 800 steps to the old Customs House perched precariously on the lip of a cliff overlooking the bay and is locally known as The Ladder. Prior to the opening of the road down to Fort Bay, this was the primary point of entry for supplies to the island.
I would like to extend a special thanks to our awesome guide & driver Mr. George Wilson (Who is also the owner of the Midway Bar which is a must stop during your visit). If you wish to contact him his phone numbers are as follows home: +1-599-416-3367 & mobile: +1-599-416-6103
Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially public body) of the Netherlands.[4] It consists largely of the potentially active volcano Mount Scenery. Saba has a land area of 13 square kilometers (5.0 sq mi). As of January 2013, the population was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre (390/sq mi).[1] Its towns and major settlements are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.
AIRPORT: In 1963, Saba residents built the Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport. This 400-metre (1,300 ft) landing strip is reputed to be the shortest commercial runway in the world, and is restricted. Only trained pilots flying small STOL airliners, such as the Twin Otter and the Britten-Norman Islander may land there, as well as helicopters. Consistent air service from Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius is available through Winair.
Destinations in this video: Saba Island, Caribbean
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Inside the volcanic ghost city Plymouth - Montserrat
Inside Plymouth: the buried city on the island of Montserrat, destroyed by a volcanic eruption just like Pompeii was destroyed by Vesuvius.
Getting to Montserrat
We leave the bitter cold of Quebec's winter and head to Montserrat in the Caribbean. Our trip is home from Montreal airport to Antigua, and from Antigua we take a small plane to Monserrat. It was a long and stressfull day due to a storm in Montreal which made us take off close to 2 hours late. The next few videos will show more of the island.
The Montserrat Ghost Town of Plymouth
The Soufrière Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat began erupting in 1995 and continued until 2010. During this period the flows covered many of the small communities of Montserrat and the capital city of Plymouth. The pyroclastic flows are over 25 feet deep in spots. The entire southern part of the island is and exclusion zone. A permit is required is to enter specific sections of the zone including the ghost town of Plymouth. This permit will provide a one hour visit to the zone with a guide and police escort. The guide is in continual contact with the Montserrat Volcano Observatory via radio and must keep the vehicle running while in the zone. The volcano is still active and could erupt at any time. if you like visiting ghost towns then Plymouth should be high on your list. Plymouth is often referred to the Pompeii of the Caribbean.
VP2MDL Montserrat Island. From dxnews.com
Sigi, DL7DF with Crew will be active from Montserrat Island, IOTA NA - 103, 6 - 20 November 2017 as VP2MDL.
Inside Plymouth, Montserrat
Take a step inside the forbidden zone of Plymouth, Montserrat, a modern Pompeij, destroyed by several volcano eruptions in the past 20 years. We went inside...
Helicopter to Montserrat (The Volcano)
On this 50-minute, pilot-narrated flight, you will fly to Montserrat to tour its Exclusion Zone, an area covering 80 sq. kms made off-limits to both ground transportation and habitation. This makes the helicopter the only way to get an up-close look at the Soufriere Hills Volcano.
The volcano rises to 3,000 feet above sea level and frequently emits a combination of ash, smoke and steam. Survey the massive Tar River Gorge and Delta found 1,000 feet below, which has formed as a result of pyroclastic flows.
You'll witness what's left of small villages devastated by past eruptions before touring the charred remains of Plymouth, the country's former capital, now uninhabited and in some places buried under 40 feet of ash.
On the seaside, observe the former location of the W.H. Bramble Airport - abandoned after the 1997 eruptions. Portions of this airport, including the runway were still visible until the partial dome collapse of February 11th, 2010, which buried what was left.
Your tour ends back in Antigua with a bird's eye view of your cruise ship!
Montserrat seen from above !!!! Liat ATR 72-600
The Caribbean island of Montserrat and its active volcano seen from about 20 000 feet on a LIAT ATR-72 600 flight en-route to St. Kitts !!!
On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island as of 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic activity continues, mostly affecting the vicinity of Plymouth, including its docking facilities, and the eastern side of the island around the former W. H. Bramble Airport, the remnants of which were buried by flows from volcanic activity on 11 February 2010.
An exclusion zone that extends from the south coast of the island north to parts of the Belham Valley was imposed because of the size of the existing volcanic dome and the resulting potential for pyroclastic activity. Visitors are generally not permitted entry into the exclusion zone, but an impressive view of the destruction of Plymouth can be seen from the top of Garibaldi Hill in Isles Bay. Relatively quiet since early 2010, the volcano continues to be closely monitored by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. It is the most studied volcano in the world and Montserrat has been regarded as a Modern Day Pompeii in the Caribbean.
A new town and port is being developed at Little Bay, which is on the northwest coast of the island. While this construction proceeds, the centre of government and businesses is at Brades.
Liat ATR 72-600
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Volcano50
Shore excursion Description: On this 50-minute, pilot-narrated flight, you will fly to Montserrat to tour its Exclusion Zone, an area covering 80 sq. kms made off-limits to both ground transportation and habitation. This makes the helicopter the only way to get an up-close look at the Soufriere Hills Volcano.
The volcano rises to 3,000 feet above sea level and frequently emits a combination of ash, smoke and steam. Survey the massive Tar River Gorge and Delta found 1,000 feet below, which has formed as a result of pyroclastic flows.
You’ll witness what’s left of small villages devastated by past eruptions before touring the charred remains of Plymouth, the country’s former capital, now uninhabited and in some places buried under 40 feet of ash.
On the seaside, observe the former location of the W.H. Bramble Airport - abandoned after the 1997 eruptions. Portions of this airport, including the runway were still visible until the partial dome collapse of February 11th, 2010, which buried what was left.
Your tour ends back in Antigua with a bird's eye view of your cruise Ship.
Helicopter to Montserrat Volcano Bring Passport
Scheduled: Oct 22, 2013, 9:30 AM to 12:45 PM
VP2MVI Montserrat Island. From dxnews.com
Jim, W3NRJ will be active from Montserrat Island (IOTA NA-103) 4 - 12 November 2015 as VP2MVI.
Volcano28
Shore excursion Description: On this 50-minute, pilot-narrated flight, you will fly to Montserrat to tour its Exclusion Zone, an area covering 80 sq. kms made off-limits to both ground transportation and habitation. This makes the helicopter the only way to get an up-close look at the Soufriere Hills Volcano.
The volcano rises to 3,000 feet above sea level and frequently emits a combination of ash, smoke and steam. Survey the massive Tar River Gorge and Delta found 1,000 feet below, which has formed as a result of pyroclastic flows.
You’ll witness what’s left of small villages devastated by past eruptions before touring the charred remains of Plymouth, the country’s former capital, now uninhabited and in some places buried under 40 feet of ash.
On the seaside, observe the former location of the W.H. Bramble Airport - abandoned after the 1997 eruptions. Portions of this airport, including the runway were still visible until the partial dome collapse of February 11th, 2010, which buried what was left.
Your tour ends back in Antigua with a bird's eye view of your cruise Ship.
Helicopter to Montserrat Volcano Bring Passport
Scheduled: Oct 22, 2013, 9:30 AM to 12:45 PM
The Modern Day Pompeii / Plymouth, Montserrat - by drone
Plane Landing in Montserrat
Carib Landing at the new Airport in Montserrat