Guest Videos: Why A Volcano Can Ground You


In this video, an Alaska Volcano Observatory scientist discusses what happened to that plane.


https://youtu.be/-vFjfinwHxE&rel=0


And here is that 2010 video again, showing what can happen when jet engines and volcanic ash mix.


https://youtu.be/3JtCewoqnzA&rel=0


Of note, a few months after KLM 867’s close call, Redoubt did this:


Volcanoes look all cute and steamy and chimney-like, until suddenly — apocalypse! (Image: J. Warren/Alaska Volcano Observatory)


Fortunately, at the time of writing Mount Redoubt is asleep.

And volcanic ash advisory centers are now a thing.



Featured image: Bauhaus345, via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.O.



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