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Of the flights and it's having an enormous impact. >> the ash cloud made up of small tiny particles, but they are very coarse. think of pumice, because that's 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 can't put a jet in that cloud. it's just unsafe. >> chad, hold on for a moment, because atika shubert is standing by right now ...

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 it's 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 don't want them eating the ash but cows in the house ... if the ash doesn't clear for weeks, how does this affect air travel? scott brenner is with us, currently with. >> this is stuff you don't want to mess with. as you were saying in your report, t...

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Catastrophe than the "exxon valdez" disaster 20 years ago. >> there is more equipment, more technologies. folks are better planned, better trained. >> reporter: thanks to the facility, the folks in the gulf right now know exactly which techniques to use in each marine environment to clean up the mess. allan chernoff, cnn, leonardo, new jersey. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are expecting a news conference starting in a few minutes regarding bp and the coast guard. let's take a look at other headlines happening right now. ash clouds are causing problems. 19 airports were closed in...