There are few details as of 10 p.m., but Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck told WITN in Greenville there weren’t any apparent injuries.
Volcanic ash ingested in an engine can cause an engine to shut down; plus the visibility problems are obvious.
Eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjoll sent an ash plume into the sky threatening aviation safety.
Curtailed: Amsterdam, Brussels; various locations in Norway, Sweden and Finland; German airports north of Frankfurt/Main.
Airports are shutting down due to the threat: Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester,Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted;
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Snow in Philly
The weather makes aviation news today–
Snow storms are stranding passengers in airports (and on streets and highways) due to the hazardous conditions.
DC, for example, has a blizzard warning with promise of snowfall accumulations ranging between 12 to 22 inches
Also expecting snow are Baltimore (blizzard warning), Philadelphia, New York, Richmond, Tennessee , North Carolina and the southern New England states.
Icy conditions on the road are causing accidents.
Bell will now proceed in DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program, which has eliminated Aurora Flight Sciences from the running.
The victims have been identified as Dr. Mark Meyer, 77, and Kent Magnuson, 74, both of rural Kearney.
The FAA is now investigating the crash. WPBF 25 News obtained the dispatch audio from the incident, where one person can be heard saying the plane had …Read More
