The specially developed camera will be able to give five minute warnings both day and night about ash ahead. Even better detection through the models is being developed at NILU at this very moment, ensuring that such crisis can be avoided in the future.
“Using the infrared camera, satellite data and algorithms that convert data from satellites, aircrafts will be able to get the necessary notifications every time they approach a volcanic ash cloud.
(attrib above to Mr Prata)
Yeah - right. You get '5 minutes' (or less) warning of 'VA Ahead' - then you have to contact ATC, request a route / height change, wait for ATC to decide based on other traffic, etc. and action whatever change is advised. Err - not in 5 minutes, if everyone on your route and its reciprocal, at several different FLs, are all going through the same process!!!! Utter chaos would result. It's all very well arguing about 'Captain's Authority' deciding where the aircraft goes but in controlled airspace it's not a realistic scenario to actually exercise it as apparently proposed.