UK, France First To Provide New Volcanic Ash Aviation Forecasts

Iceland volcano plume 2010

Eyjafjallajökull plume, May 14, 2010

Credit: Etienne De Malglaive/Getty Images
LONDON—The UK’s aviation weather forecaster is launching a new volcanic ash forecasting method in a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos that impacted aviation after the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland back in 2010. UK Met Office officials say if the new high resolution Quantitative Volcanic...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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