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In the cabin no one could explain and the windshield of the plane was completely opaque like it was sandblasted. all the flight crew had been able to see through the whole thing was a bizarre loomenous glowing around the plane. that incident that happened in 1982 is why we have rules about not flying through clouds of ash from kvolcanos. a volcano erupted, the plane went through the ash clouds. theyre dry, so they dont show up. but the particulate matter in the sill kits from that volcanic cloud...

Instrumentation on the ground measuring the volcano changing shape and moving as mag ma is moving under ground. and its important to use satellite technology to look down on these ash clouds from space to see which way theyre traveling. you really need a variety of monitoring techniques, in addition to aerial observations from aircraft at a safe distance. >> tina neil with the u.s. geological survey. you have a really cool job and it was cool for you to join us from alaska at a busy time. thank ...

White house about mine safety after he gets a preliminary report of what caused west virginias mine disaster. the governor is calling for inspection of all mines. and he wants them to stop tomorrow to mourn the victims. >> the teacher who allegedly wrote the word loser on a boys arm has resigned two days before she was scheduled to attend a disciplinary hearing according to "the columbus dispatch." amy butterfield said the 8-year-old found the joke funny when she wrote the word loser on his arm ...

That we dont know if its even going to be successful. why not make the investment in ourselves. >> we so appreciate your time today. i know its an important issue. thank you, senator. yueuropes busiest airport shut down for at least the rest of the day, and so are airports in ireland and holland. thousands of passengers are stranded. hundreds of flights canceled. all because of ash clouds from a volcano in iceland. smoke and ash are making it tough to see the particles. they are as sharp as gl...

Radar cant pick it up. radar works on the principle of detecting water droplets in clouds. since the ash clouds are dry they dont detect radar. air travel is going to be something of a nightmare out of, into, and u shep, all around europe. >> shepard: so it would appear and always the possibility that this could open up another volcano. >> on and on. the president today made it perfectly clear he is setting his sights on space. is he predicting we will send humans first to an asteroid and then t...

Of the flights and its having an enormous impact. >> the ash cloud made up of small tiny particles, but they are very coarse. think of pumice, because thats basically what comes out of a volcano, but these ice clouds, the ash clouds, they get into the jet engine. the jet engine is hot. it melts this ash cloud, turns it into basically glass. and then that glass is deposited on the back of the jet engine, and the ash cloud literally chokes the engine to death, and you cant put a jet in that cloud....

Quality when it turns no molten glass can shut down engines. there are cases of this happening before and none have been fatal or led to crashes but its playing with fire if you send planes into the air when the ash is in the atmosphere. >> shepard: amy kellog, thank you. bringing the cows inside. i bet they make a horrible mess in the house, you dont want them eating the ash but cows in the house ... if the ash doesnt clear for weeks, how does this affect air travel? scott brenner is with us, c...

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