Ash??Surely a conspiracy?I'm not so sure.

[Pickle]

Won't commercial airlines be flying above the ash layer which is at about 20,000ft, so they will only be going through it for a short time during take-off and approach?

i thought that too, as they keep flying above it to film it, i know the film planes arent commercial but same principal

Yes, but when they pass through isnt that when all the ash gets sucked into the engines and causes the damage.

 

[Easy_Rider]

Won't commercial airlines be flying above the ash layer which is at about 20,000ft, so they will only be going through it for a short time during take-off and approach?

i thought that too, as they keep flying above it to film it, i know the film planes arent commercial but same principal

Yes, but when they pass through isnt that when all the ash gets sucked into the engines and causes the damage.

What damage? Nobody has said for sure the engines will be damaged, yes they will suck in the ash, but whether it will damage the turbine blades or not is debatable, a jet engine spews everything it sucks in back out, it's just a compressor at the front and a combustion chamber at the back. It looks like it has stuck to that helicopter rotor blade, but if that happened to the rotors on a jet engine i'm sure it will just reduce it's efficiency. Commercial airlines jet engines are hugely over specified in power, it's something like 50% more power than is actually needed.

 

[REKIBorter]

Volcanic ash is like glass ground up into a very fine powder. It wears engines out very quickly and strips the paint of planes that fly through it. Not a good idea to take any aircraft through it. The first one that has problems due to it will get the populous up in arms shouting why did they let it go in the first place. The answer would be due to pressure from the government to get things moving again.

 

[dyna-ti]

Just about every car ive seen in Glasgow is covered with the stuff :?
its it the same where you all are


collect it up and try to sell it on ebay
Genuine volcanic ash,10,000,000 years old

 

[legrandefromage]

 

[Easy_Rider]

Just about every car ive seen in Glasgow is covered with the stuff :?
its it the same where you all are


collect it up and try to sell it on ebay
Genuine volcanic ash,10,000,000 years old

You sure it's ash? Cars here are dusty, and so are the roads, but it hasn't rained here for two weeks! Always gets dusty when there is no rain to wash things off. Not saying it's not ash, just a thought.

 

[legrandefromage]

my taxi is brown within a few hours of cleaning



and before any of you smart arses come up with some witty repost, thats the outside of the car that is covered in ash/ dust...

 

[Ziggy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

I think I'd err on the side of caution too.

 

[legrandefromage]

I had frozen gateaux, chips, burgers, veg and all sorts on my bonnet after the Icleand fall out.

 

[dyna-ti]

and before any of you smart arses come up with some witty repost, thats the outside of the car that is covered in ash/ dust...

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