Fear in a Handful of Dust: Aviation and the Icelandic Volcano

Abstract The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in April 2010 closed airports throughout Europe, stranded thousands of passengers, and enraged airlines and cost them millions. Was the grounding justified? Peter Brooker finds that planes stopped flying because of gaps in the statistical and test data neede...

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Published in:Significance
Main Author: Brooker, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2010
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Eyjafjallajökull
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