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Old 5th Jul 2019, 03:04
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tdracer
 
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Aircraft and volcanic ash have a history - and the aircraft tend to come out on the loosing end.
Two examples:
Speedbird 9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9
KLM 867: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Flight_867
While both ended happily, they were both close calls, and the aircraft damage in both cases was in the millions of dollars.
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