2000

IN 2000, US AIRWAYS INITIATED SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION

SERVICE TO SELECTED DESTINATIONS

IN THE CARIBBEAN

USAIRWAYS CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

DOMINICAN REPUBLICTURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDSPUERTO RICOST.THOMAS / ST. CROIXST. MAARTENANTIGUAST.KITTSST. LUCIAGRENADABARBADOSARUBACOSTA RICABELIZEMEXICO

INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES

AVIATION INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

US AIRWAYS DISPATCH

PILOT REPORTS

NOTICES TO AIRMEN

SATELLITE PICTURES

MARCH 17, 2003MARCH 17, 2003

SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

VOLCANIC ASH

SAN JUAN CENTER REPORTING

ATMOSPHERIC VOLCANIC ASH

DUE TO MONTSERRAT EXPLOSION

@ 15:00 Z

PILOT REPORT FORWARDED TO

ST.THOMASUS AIRWAYS DISPATCH CENTER

INSTRUCTED INBOUND FLIGHTS TO DEVIATE

TO ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX

AWAY FROM FORECASTED ASH CLOUDS

SELECTED FLIGHTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO

POINT OF DEPARTURE

US AIRWAYS DISPATCHER PETE DEMPSTERCOORDINATED AN ALERT TO ALL PILOTS OPERATING IN THECARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

PILOT/DISPATCHERPILOT/DISPATCHER INTERACTION

PILOT AND DISPATCHER SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETYAND OPERATION OF ANY ASSIGNED FLIGHT

PILOT AND DISPATCHER MUST WORK TOGETHER, SHARING INFORMATIONIN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY

BRITISH AIRWAYSAPRIL 2003

VISIT TO BRITISH AIRWAYS COMPASS CENTER

•US AIRWAYS NORTH ATLANTIC•BRITISH AIRWAYS MEDITERRANEAN•SAS CARIBBEAN

VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES

COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES

BRITISH AIRWAYS•AUTOTHROTTLE-----DISCONNECT

•THRUST LEVERS----CLOSE

BRITISH AIRWAYS

•OXYGEN MASKS

US AIRWAYSUS AIRWAYS

•AIR CONDITIONING PACKS

•ENGINE/WING ANTI-ICE

•AIRSPEED INDICATIONS

•AUXILIARY POWER UNIT

SAS

•ASH PARTICLES HAVE LOW WATER CONTENT

•SMOKE DETECTORS MAY BE ACTIVATED

•LOOK FOR BROWN SMOKE OR ODOR OF SULFUR

•TURN 180 DEGREES

•EXIT ASH CLOUD

•USE FMS GROUND SPEED IF NECESSARY

SAS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONCHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONCERNS

SILICA RICH ASH CONTAINS DISSOLVED AND ABSORBED S, CL and H2O (SULFUR, CHLORINE AND WATER)

THERE WOULD BE A VERY MINOR TENDENCY FOR THESE MATERIALSTO FOSTER OXIDATION OF AI METALS

DOCTOR MALCOLM RUTHERFORDBROWN UNIVERSITY

ECONOMIC CONCERNSECONOMIC CONCERNS

•FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE (FOD)

•LOSS OF GOODS AND SERVICES

•LOSS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

•LOSS OF PROPERTY

•AIRCRAFT /ENGINE DAMAGE

•LOSS OF BUSINESS REVENUE

THE THREE C’s

COMMUNICATIONSCOMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURESCONTINUING EDUCATION

THE THREE C’S

BEFORE 07/12/2003 AFTER 07/12/2003)

MONTSERRAT VOLCANIC OBSERVATORY

ARENALARENAL, COSTA RICA

•Higher Situational Awareness

•Enhanced Preflight Briefing

•Informational Resources

CAPTAIN AND DISPATCHER MUST HAVE:

POPOMEXICO CITY, MEXICO

POPOCATEPETL

•PREFLIGHT REVIEW OF VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES•DEFINITIVE CONTINGENCY PLAN

THANK YOU

•CAPTAIN JON ROUND, BRITISH AIRWAYS

•MR. NIGEL GAIT, INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MANAGER

MET OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM

THANK YOU

•CAPTAIN ED MILLER, AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION

•MR. SAMUEL P. WILLIAMSON, FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR METEOROLOGY METEOROLOGY •MARY M CAIRNS, M.S.,SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS?