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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

F-16s found volcanic glass in engines, official says

Anders Fogh RasmussenF-16 fighter aircraft on a test flight in European airspace have found glass building up in their engines from the cloud of volcanic ash which has forced the closure of the continent's airspace, a senior US official said Monday.

European states shut down their airspace on Thursday out of fears that dust from an erupting volcano in Iceland could turn to glass in aero engines and block their air intakes.

Some airlines on Sunday reported that test flights had shown no sign of the phenomenon.

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