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    Plumes of volcanic ash near active volcanoes are a flight safety hazard, especially for night flights. Volcanic ash is hard and abrasive, and can quickly...
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    Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic glass, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches)...
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    colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash (and sometimes ice), which generate static electricity within the volcanic plume, leading to the name dirty...
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    Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation. This includes preventing aviation accidents and incidents through research, educating...
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    J., ed. (1995). Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety. DIANE Publishing...
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    Bezymianny (category 20th-century volcanic events)
    "Volcanic Ash in Kamchatka as a Source of Potential Hazard to Air Traffic" (PDF). In Casadevall, Thomas J. (ed.). Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings...
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    In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, the controlled...
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    "Volcanic Ash in Kamchatka as a Source of Potential Hazard to Air Traffic" (PDF). In Casadevall, Thomas J. (ed.). Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings...
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    KLM Flight 867 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by volcanic events)
    List of airline flights that required gliding Ring of Fire Volcanic ash and aviation safety "Airfleets summary for Boeing 747 MSN 23982". Airfleets.net...
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    Thomas J. (1994). "Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety". U.S. Geological...
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  • atmospheric volcanic ash clouds that may endanger aviation. As at 2019, there are nine Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers located around the world, each one...
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    British Airways Flight 009 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by volcanic events)
    Alaska in 1989 List of airline flights that required gliding Volcanic ash and aviation safety Faith, Nicholas (1998). Black Box. p. 156. Episode "Falling...
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    preparedness." Volcanic ash and aviation safety: Proceedings of the first international symposium on volcanic ash and aviation safety: US Geological Survey...
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    Galunggung (category 20th-century volcanic events)
    18 people in traffic accidents and by starvation. This eruption also brought the dangers of volcanic ash to aviation to worldwide attention, after two...
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    Thomas J. (1991). Volcanic Ash And Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety. DIANE Publishing...
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    on 13 May 2010 Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety – SKYbrary guidance to pilots and controllers concerning the effects of volcanic ash. Collection of Scientific...
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  • Commercial Aviation Safety Team/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team. Standing (STD): Prior to pushback/taxi, after gate arrival, or stationary and parked. Taxi...
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    Foreign object damage (category Aviation risks)
    a volcanic ash cloud over the Indian Ocean. The Boeing 747-200B suffered engine surges in all four engines until they all failed. The passengers and crew...
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    2011 eruption of Grímsvötn (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by volcanic events)
    per tonne on Tuesday compared to $99.45 on Monday trading. Volcanic ash and aviation safety Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption...
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    displacement of volcanic ash and forest fire smoke plumes for the same territories. "Aviation Weather Forecasting: A History of Enhancing Air Flight Safety". Celebrating...
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    2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi (category 21st-century volcanic events)
    from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated outbursts of lava and volcanic ash. Large eruption columns formed, causing numerous pyroclastic flows...
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  • Anahim hotspot (category Anahim Volcanic Belt)
    Thomas J. (2000). Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety. United States Geological...
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  • Her work on modelling and predicting the path of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash plume was pivotal in the reopening of European airspace in a timely manner...
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    Mayon (category 19th-century volcanic events)
    crater. A brown ash column rose about 600 meters (2,000 ft) above the crater and drifted northeast. In the prior 24 hours, 13 volcanic earthquakes were...
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    Ceilometer (category Aviation meteorology)
    are also used to map volcanic ash clouds to allow commercial air traffic to avoid damage caused by ash. The movement of volcanic ash has also been tracked...
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    Cathay Pacific Flight 780 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010)
    that lost power on all four engines after flying through a cloud of volcanic ash Qantas Flight 72, an Airbus A330-300 accident over the Indian Ocean that...
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  • SIGMET (category Aviation meteorology)
    through Y (excluding S and T). SIGMETs are issued as needed, and are valid up to four hours. SIGMETS for hurricanes and volcanic ash outside the CONUS are...
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    volcanic ash to predict the movement of ash clouds when the volcanic ash has been detected. Issue advisory information with respect to the extent and...
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  • 2015). "A Pilot Explains Hail and How It Can Effect An Aircraft". Airline Geeks. "Volcanic Ash Impacts & Mitigation". Volcanic Ashfall Impacts Working Group...
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  • NOTAM (category Aviation publications)
    status concerning snow, ice, and standing water (a SNOWTAM) notification of an operationally significant change in volcanic ash or other dust contamination...
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