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On Tuesday, and in cooperation with the Max
Planck Institute in Mainz, Lufthansa carried out a measuring
flight in order to obtain clear evidence about the concentration
of volcanic ash in the airspace over Europe.
The flight was
conducted by a specially equipped Airbus A340-600 with the CARIBIC
climate research container on board, took off from Frankfurt
Airport and spent several hours in-flight collecting measuring
data across Europe.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute
expect the flight to yield the first clear evidence with exact
data on the concentration and distribution of volcanic ash over
Europe.
At the end of 2004, a European consortium headed
by the Max Planck Institute in Mainz launched the long-term
atmospheric research project labeled CARIBIC (Civil Aircraft for
the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument
Container).
The project employs a specially equipped Lufthansa
Airbus A340-600 carrying a scientific measuring container to
obtain precise data on the make-up of the atmosphere. A dedicated
air inlet system on the fuselage feeds ambient air into the
container, which is then evaluated by the CARIBIC flying
observatory’s diverse measuring systems.
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