Changing Flight Timings, Holding Patterns Could Ease Dust Damage, Study Says

dust at Gran Canaria airport

Dust at Gran Canaria airport

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A new study suggests the effects of dust damage to engines could be significantly reduced by changing the timings of flights and the altitudes at which aircraft are held prior to landing. According to “Aircraft engine dust ingestion at global airports,” an article published July 9 by the European...
Alan Dron

Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.

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