While the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland continues to erupt, the ash is not as dense as it was. As already reported, certain major European air carriers, including Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, and KLM performed flight tests and concluded that the flight conditions were safe. Other news reports, however, several NATO jets (F-16 fighters) experienced engine damage after flying through the volcanic ash cloud. Glass-like coatings found inside the planes’ engines after a technical inspection are believed to result in engine failure. The NATO jets did land safely, but this incident creates the caution that the flight conditions are not as safe as reported by domestic carriers.
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