Original upload date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:25:28 GMT
After the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, an invisible cloud of ash raised numerous complications for air navigation and led many airlines to ground their fleet. This underscored
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the need for new technology allowing aircraft to detect and analyze volcanic ash clouds -- the development of which is being advanced by the AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector) project, a partnership between Airbus, easyJet and Nicarnica Aviation. This video highlights the project's origins, and includes footage from the successful experiment conducted October 2013.
