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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 USGS estimates there are around 1,350 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, ... to Auckland from London flew into a cloud of dust and ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, ...

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 ...

Ash from an Indonesian volcano has led to the cancellation of a number of flights in the region since Friday, with travelers heading to and from the country now advised to check with airlines to ...

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 ...

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.