Kimball's son, Spencer LeVan, was nearly killed in 1945 while serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when bombs dropped from Japanese airplanes damaged the ship and ignited its tanks of aviation fuel.
The engineering material arresting system (EMAS) has been widely employed in airports around the world for purpose of stopping the overrun airplanes from damage.
Airborne volcanic ash, even in relatively small amounts, can damage airplane and automobile engines.
[C1.] SAFER RUNWAYS The Federal Aviation Administration is testing a sensor to detect runway debris that can damage airplane engines on takeoff.
Flights linking Miyake to the mainland are canceled frequently because winds carrying volcanic gases threaten to damage airplane engines; most islanders rely instead on a six-hour ferry ride to Tokyo.
Aside from the immediate, ground-level danger from ash flows, lava and hot gas to people living around an erupting volcano, ash thrown into the air, and sulfate aerosols, can pit airplane windows and damage jet engines, while both can cause respiratory problems downwind.
According to reports, Ms. Fisher died at the age of 60 several days after experiencing a massive heart attack while on a plane from London to LA. Attempts to resuscitate her were made on the airplane, yet the damage to her heart and organs were too great to sustain life.
A tornado spawned in the city overturned an airplane at Shreveport Downtown Airport, damaged a roof from a house, and shattered a number of windows.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport shut down because of the ash, which can cause serious damage to airplane engines.
If not repaired properly, they may trigger extensive damage to airplane structures and disruptions to airline operations, therefore posing a major maintenance and repair concern for the airlines.
He never knows when something terrible will happen and he will jump in an airplane to assess the damage to colleagues.
