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mwmisses4289

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3. Holy moly, it happened fast!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 11:24 AM

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Reading the Wikipedia article, it all happened in about 20 minutes (about 8:40p.m. to 9:00p.m. local time). I don't think anybody had time to panic!
Kinda sad it took the government of Indonesia another two weeks and another airplane having the same issue for them to close the airspace around the volcano and create a new safer route for flights to get around it.

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Would you be too distressed if your airliner lost all four engines? [View all] sl8 Friday OP

"We had a difficult day at the office, dear" Wonder Why Friday #1

That one the the calmest human beings I've ever encountered some_of_us_are_sane Saturday #2

Holy moly, it happened fast! mwmisses4289 Sunday #3

Well, I went and read the wiki because of your comment Nittersing Sunday #4