Volcanic Ash: Avoid at All Cost
The pilots never saw it coming. Darkness had settled over Narita, Japan, and the Boeing 737-800, en route from Guam, was nearing the end of its flight on a warm August night in 2000. No more than 10 minutes earlier, a DC-10 transitioned the same airspace without difficulty. But when the cockpit and...
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