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Restless Mt. Redoubt nixes more flights

04/01/09

Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt just won’t settle down. Here’s a Twitter-ed update Alaska Airlines sent out Tuesday about the impact of volcano eruptions on flights: Nighttime flts in/out of ANC canceled due to Mt. Redoubt. Check flt status in a.m. b/4 leaving home… This is getting sort of old. Flights into and out of ANC has →

Alaska volcano brings strange planes to Seattle

03/27/09

It’s not just passengers who are having their flight plans disrupted by the repeat eruptions of Mt. Redoubt. Many cargo freighters heading to Anchorage for refueling are instead diverting to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). According to airport officials, so far SEA is getting at least three times the normal arrivals of international cargo planes: 45 →

Mt. Redoubt, tornadoes, snow nix flights

03/26/09

Due to a mid-morning eruption (re-eruption?) of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights into and out of Anchorage, at least until early Friday morning. Volcano ash is serious stuff; it can limit visibility and ruin engines. So the airline is taking no chances: 45 flights were canceled earlier this week due to previous →

Can that ash-alert for flights to Alaska

03/24/09

Alaska Airlines resumed flights in and out of Alaska today now that the ash from Mt. Redoubt has settled. A big help: airplanes in Anchorage were wrapped in a protective plastic sealant overnight so that engines didn’t get damaged by abrasive ash particles. No photos have been shared, so I have an image of an →

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Flights canceled due to volcano

03/23/09

Due to all the volcanic ash in the air caused by the eruption of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines today canceled flights in and out of the Alaska cities of Fairbanks, Bethel, Prudhoe Bay, Nome, Kotzebue and Barrow. The airline is still operating flights south of Anchorage and throughout Southeast Alaska, but says that may change →

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