EasyJet fits planes with system to avoid ash clouds

The AVOID system on a plane’s engine which supplies images of ash in a flight path, enabling evasive action.

LOW-FARE airline easyJet hopes to use a volcanic ash-detection system from next summer, following successful trials.

The tests of the system — AVOID (airborne volcanic object imaging detector) — were carried out during a two-week period over the constantly active Mount Etna volcano in Sicily and at the nearby active volcano island of Stromboli.