Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
November 28, 2013 03:30 am GMT

Airbus, EasyJet Generate the First Artificial Ash Cloud

Volcano

Researchers are working on a way to protect airplanes from the dangerous particles that loom in the air following volcanic eruptions

Airbus has teamed up with British airliner EasyJet to create the first artificial ash cloud, which stems from a volcanic blast and can severely damage a jet's engine

See also: 7 Oddball Things Found on the Space Station

To test the system, a military aircraft dispersed one ton of ash on Wednesday collected from the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano. The massive eruption closed airspace for six days and cost the aviation industry an estimated $1.7 billion Read more...

More about Easyjet, Iceland, Iceland Volcano, Airplanes, and Airbus

Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/Qz-V_4yW52c/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Mashable

Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

More About this Source Visit Mashable