Airbus to test ash-detector for EasyJet on A340

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/04/342772/airbus-to-test-ash-detector-for-easyjet-on-a340.html

The aircraft-mounted passive infrared volcanic ash detector system called Avoid that is being tested by EasyJet and Airbus was developed some years ago by the Climate and Atmosphere Department of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, but no-one took up the idea until now.


Pilots 'can navigate safely through volcanic ash'
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/04/342814/pilots-can-navigate-safely-through-volcanic-ash.html