Unbeknownst to the flight crew, BA 009 was 93 miles downwind of the eruption of the Galunggung volcano in West Java, Indonesia, and the airliner had flown into an enormous ash cloud.

This year, on November 4, the volcano erupted violently, sending hot ash and smoke billowing into the sky at a height of up to 6,500 feet. Ash and burning debris fell onto nearby villages, causing ...

For the last 10 months, a volcano in Alaska has been brewing for an eruption, and now it's closer than ever. Here's what the ...

After the 1982 eruption of the Galunggung volcano in Indonesia, for example, a Boeing 747 flying to Australia from Malaysia lost power in all four engines because of ash and descended to 12,500 ...

The risk posed to aircraft by airborne volcanic ash is as bad as ever, but airlines are better equipped to spot and avoid trouble---and save money---than they were four years ago.

Flights across much of northern Europe were canceled on Thursday as a cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland moved south across Britain, and this swift reaction has its genesis in the ordeal of BA ...

By May 18, 1980, the volcano could withstand the pressure no longer. The side of St. Helens collapsed in an immense landslide, unleashing the largest explosive eruption in U.S. recorded history.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Landslides have been observed again on the steep cliffs of Mount Galunggung, which is located in West Java, following heavy rain in the region on Saturday, March 11. The major ...

A Russian volcano eruption could cancel or delay your Sea-Tac flight. ... a Boeing 747 aircraft accidentally traveled into a torrent of volcanic ash originating from Mount Galunggung in Indonesia.

Mount Agung is not the first or only active volcano endangering air traffic above Indonesia.June 24, 1982, a Boing 747 flying from Singapore to Perth encountered a strange phenomenon at an ...

For the last 10 months, a volcano in Alaska has been brewing for an eruption, and now it's closer than ever. Here's what the ash could mean for airplanes.