Agaricus bisporus writes:
Well, I reckon anyone who doesn't know the difference between "can" and "will" has a serious problem...
Actually, it has.
BA Flight 9.
On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the
City of Edinburgh, a
747-236B. The aircraft flew into a cloud of
volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of
Mount Galunggung (approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) south-east of
Jakarta,
Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines.
Will it happen every time? Prolly not.
We hear so much about airlines being unwilling to spend any money whatsoever regarding safety, I find it odd that a few folks are beating the monkeypoop out of EasyJet for funding this research.
Even if it only helps a little, only helps a few flights stay on schedule, isn't that worth what Easy is willing to put into it?
And really, who cares if they find an answer that really works? They're not going to sit on it 50 years like the USAF or the Royal would. They'll market it and airlines will buy it.