They flew to Shannon

If one compares the RTE and BBC rolling news updates on the volcano crisis, it seems that British Airways put a dozen long-haul flights into the air to Heathrow, unsure if they could actually land there, and are still maintaining that the plan is to land them a closed Heathrow airport with a backup plan to land them all at Shannon. No word yet on whether a fleet of speedboats is coming to rescue the stranded passengers.