It can be a safety issue too. The ash is fine as talc. Heard an
interview on NPR yesterday with a retired British Airways captain.
Flying a route near Indonesia several decades ago in a 747. Dark night,
no moon, flew into an ash cloud at 30 some thousand feet. All four
engines quit - the crew finally got them restarted decending though
12,000 ft.
-p
On 4/18/2010 5:38 AM, David Mann wrote:
On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Bob W wrote:
However, you don't have to fly through a volcanic cloud to get to Paris. OMG
- we're all going to die like the dinosaurs and the Pompeians!
I doubt it's as much of a safety issue as a "what does it cost to replace all the
engines and leading edges on all our planes after we run them through nature's great
sandblaster" issue.
They'd just about be better off handing out a 645D to each passenger.
Dave
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