Originally Posted by
Madpaddy
Also anyone know if the engine people are going up the Iceland, taking a plane load is ash off the ground....
Think before you post, Mad Paddy!
The stuff on the ground in Iceland is the coarse fallout that doesn't float in the air.... so no point in collecting it and playing with it.
The stuff causing the problems is like dust, or talcum powder.
Same like the Sahara sand regularly getting blown over to Europe, which is not sand as you know it on the beach... it's extremely fine dust that can be carried by the wind.
And unfortunately the stuff being blown over from Iceland is not sand dust, it's glass dust, that melts at the temperatures you find in jet engines... unlike sand.
CJ