Dealing with volcanic ash
Professional Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
It can also become lodged in pitot tubes or other ports, making altitude and airspeed readings unreliable. Critically, although some experimental ash detection avionics are being tested, normal airborne weather radars will not show ash. Ash has been known to contaminate fuel. Karsten Shein is cofounder of 2DegreesC.org.
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