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Old 6th November 2010 | 12:40
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Analcyst
 
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SIA cancels Jakarta flights

Well Merapi has only be chuffing away for 12 days and QF has had two engines fail on climb out of Singapore so I guess a little respect for mother nature is probably overdue.
If ash forms a hard glaze on the hotsurfaces then I suppose the risk of blades being heavier than designed might stress an engine if the glaze is not dealt with.
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