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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. they're dry, so they don't show up. but the particulate matter in the sill kits from that volcanic cloud locked up the jet engines. the rules are, to keep 120 nautical miles away from ash. good to have ...

Instrumentation on the ground measuring the volcano changing shape and moving as mag ma is moving under ground. and it's important to use satellite technology to look down on these ash clouds from space to see which way they're 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 you so much. >> you're welcome. so today was the day that the anti-health reform faith healer wh...

White house about mine safety after he gets a preliminary report of what caused west virginia's 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 boy's 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 with an orange marker but the family disagrees. >> i can't believe anything like that would actual...

That we don't know if it's even going to be successful. why not make the investment in ourselves. >> we so appreciate your time today. i know it's an important issue. thank you, senator. yueurope's 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 glass. all of this creating a significant safety threat to planes. london's heathrow airport is cl...

Radar can't pick it up. radar works on the principle of detecting water droplets in clouds. since the ash clouds are dry they don't 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 to mars all within the next few decades. the president spoke at kennedy space center the site that'...