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Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes?
- jrockway 17y agoThe Air Crash Investigation episode about this is worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrNuY2qXWhI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrNuY2qXWhI
- tjic 17y agoI enjoyed reading the phrase "bunged up" in the mainstream press! ;-)
- trafficlight 17y agoMore info on planes that have flown through ash plumes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Flight_867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Flight_867
- natemartin 17y agoIt's rather scary that engines can "start to thicken with larva" Beware the volcano-born engine larva.
- juhygtfdfgbh 17y agovolcano larva are quite cute (like human and dog larva) it's only when they become adolescent volcanoes they become dangerous.
- ars 17y agoWhy did they say larva every time they meant lava? Do they think volcanoes make little babies that might grow inside an airplane?
- chronomex 17y agoThat's how it's pronounced in Britain.
- kolektiv 17y agoYeah, and we recently switched to pure phonetic spelling as well. Sorry, I meen fonetik. Dam.
- electromagnetic 17y agoSo you mean that's how its pronounced in English? (Sorry, I'm British and am a Canadian resident, so this is inevitably what I say to my spouse when we get into an argument over pronunciation . . . you may feel sorry for her if you wish)
- andyking 17y agoOn a vaguely related note, it's very peaceful with no planes flying over. You don't realise just how constant that hiss of people jetting about over your head is until it's gone.
- dean 17y agoSince the airflow through the engines is blocked or restricted causing the engines to flame out, it seems amazing that the engines could be restarted at all in those two previous incidents. They really were "miraculous escapes".