>Volcano erupts in Indonesia
>Locals don’t notice because they have shit weather radar
>747 flies through the dust cloud
>All 4 engines get filled with volcanic ash and burn out
>“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
>Spend 12 minutes gliding, dropping 23,500 feet in the process
>The pilots are preparing to be the first 747 ever to attempt a water landing
>Finally one of the engines restarts
>But ILS is offline
>Windscreen is completely opaque due to ash, no way to clean it
>Manage to land running entirely on instruments
>Fatalities: 0
>Injuries: 0
Survivors: 263

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    And that’s how pilots learned to never fly around an erupting volcano and several years back all air traffic in Europe was halted when a volcano with an unpronounceable name in Iceland had a bad moment.

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      10 months ago

      That was shortly after their economy crashed. I remember people saying that the last wish of Iceland’s economy was to have its ashes spread across Europe.

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      10 months ago

      Catch a throatful from the fire vocal With ash and molten glass like Eyjafjallajökull

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      10 months ago

      When talking about things in Iceland, the u pronounceable part can be safely assumed. You only need to clarify if it can be pronounced.