If it's the same incident that I heard about, all four engines were
ruined. Replace not repair. Anyone who used an air breathing engine
down wind after the Mt. St Helens eruption was in the same position.
On 4/18/2010 12:15 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
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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