Experts call for further improvements in warning time and plume prediction The ash must not hit the fan. The ash is hurled skyward by volcanoes. The effect on a modern fan-jet engine is akin to sandblasting. Encounters are expensive and potentially deadly. Two factors raise the concern: more airplanes are flying, and their routes take them over or close to active volcanoes, many of which remain unmonitored, complicating early warning of eruptions. A volcanic eruption can hurl tens of thousands…
‘Zero Tolerance’ for Flying into Volcanic Ash Set as Goal
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