Volcanic Ash Free Airspace?
Imagine an airport without aeroplanes taking-off and landing on the runway and without people rushing to and from the departure and arrival areas. Many cities in Europe have been affected by enormous cancelled flights because of the volcanic ash spreading in the air caused by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. It has been said that volcanic ash would cause damage to the planes. I watched a documentary film the other night about a British Boeing that lost its four engines and was near to crash before the pilots, after several try, successfully made the engines work again. It was learned later that the damage was overwhelming and that it was caused by the volcanic ash when it flew over Indonesia. As precautions, some airports in Europe ”closed” the airspace for incoming and outgoing flights and remained so for more than a week. But a few days ago, the airport here has been back to business despite the continuous outrage of the volcano and warning for more ash in the air.
It seemed not a normal weekday when hubby drove me to work one morning when the roads were not traffic jammed. I had come to realize that maybe a quarter of the city’s population were travellers and that they were causing much traffic on the roads as well as in the air. Ugh! Life on earth is a traffic either on the land or in the air. Even though it’s not yet a hundred percent volcanic ash free-airspace the travel and airline companies are persistent to fly to, you know, survive economically. And maybe my student who was travelling to Egypt with her family would come home now after missing school for two weeks.
Munich, Germany Airport
Munich Airport
In this situation, it is strange that aeroplanes would depend on clean and clear air to fly considering how much they pollute the air. Rather volcanic ash free than pollution free – air. Hahaa!
i remember when Mt. Pinatubo erupted. Hugh amount of ash covered Metro manila and surrounding provinces. I was still a kid that time and we played with ashes until we realize, our roofs are all rusted because of it.
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Yayy, na-witness mo pala ang ash ng Pinatubo. Hubby experienced the same din kasi nasa Angeles siya that time.
Nasa Quezon City naman kami when Mt. Pinatubo erupted. Maraming ashes sa floor at kahit saan, kaya ayun maraming nilinis. What more pa kaya yung mas affected.
Marami nga ring Europeans dito na overstaying na di maka-alis nung ilang araw dahil walang flight. Pero naki-usap yata yung mga consul na huwag ng icharge sa pag overstay kasi di naman nila ginustong madelay flight nila.
Renz, this case was indeed compared to Mt Pinatubo by some foreign media. Mas malaki lang ang coverage ng ash.
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Oo nga, pero mas mahirap lang bumuwelo ang sa Iceland dahil sa kapal ng ice sa ilalim kaya makapal ang usok, kasabay ng ash. Sana nga lang kagaya ng sa Pinatubo na diretso ang pagluwa ng ash para matapos na kaagad, hahaa.
oo nga. yung mt pinatubo, once lang sya nag luwa ng ash sa atmosphere. the rest naman, flowing na lang towards the river. ngayon, tourist spot na ang bunganga ng mt. pinatubo.
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Plumes of volcanic ash near active volcanoes present a risk especially for night flights. The ash is hard and abrasive and can quickly cause significant wear on the propellers and turbo compressor blades, and scratch the cabin windows, impairing visibility. It contaminates fuel and water systems, can jam gears, and can cause a flame out of the engines.
Sounds horrifying effect of volcanic ash to planes. Hope what happened to the British plane will not happen again.
i felt sorry for those people who have been greatly affected by the flight chaos due to the volcanic ash.
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Yes, same here. There were people who had important flights but missed.
all airspace has been opened by now and hope your student will arrived here safely.
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Oh, yes, my student and her sister came to class today. She said they came home Thursday of last week.
Its a drastic situation for the pilot as well as for the passengers.. safety is a major concern here.
The volcano still spits ash until now and let’s hope nothing catastrophic will occur after the lift.
That is shocking. Is there no way that should be taken care of?
Because in any ways it would be really harmful.
It’s back to normal now. And the news about it has been stopped already. Maybe the volcano has stopped spitting ash now.