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Old 19th Apr 2010, 10:58
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Originally Posted by paidworker
Im sorry but I do not buy any of that , either something happened on that official test flight or it did not . The fact that the G-CALM report is being surpressed tells me I want to see it and should be able to make up my own mind.
See public comment on it here BBC News - Royal Navy ships to return Britons stranded by volcano
"a Met Office plane encountered dangerous levels of ash when it went through the ash cloud on Sunday.

Dr Guy Gratton, head of the Facility of Airborne Atmospheric Measurement, a joint body belonging to the Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council, said that "it's still quite a complex mixture of clear air and very worrying - but invisible -volcanic ash at all sorts of heights"."

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