This time the quotations are from work
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kaberettThe climate system is an angry beast, and we are poking at it with sticks. --Wallace S. Broecker, quoted as the last sentence of a paper I read the other day (alas I cannot remember which).
In June 1982, south of Jakarta, Indonesia, a British Airways Boeing 747 flew into a volcanic cloud from an eruption of Galunggung volcano. Airborne volcanic ash abraded the outside of the aircraft, melted as it passed through the jet turbines, and coated internal parts, causing complete loss of thrust. This prompted Captain Eric Moody to announce, while maintaining true British unflappability, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." After descending to within a few hundred meters of the mountaintops on Java, the crew were able to restart all engines and make a safe landing, an incredible feat given the damage to the aircraft and the lack of knowledge regarding how to react in such a situation. -- opening paragraph of Durant et al. (2010), Atmospheric and environmental impacts of volcanic particulates, Elements, 6:235-240
In June 1982, south of Jakarta, Indonesia, a British Airways Boeing 747 flew into a volcanic cloud from an eruption of Galunggung volcano. Airborne volcanic ash abraded the outside of the aircraft, melted as it passed through the jet turbines, and coated internal parts, causing complete loss of thrust. This prompted Captain Eric Moody to announce, while maintaining true British unflappability, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." After descending to within a few hundred meters of the mountaintops on Java, the crew were able to restart all engines and make a safe landing, an incredible feat given the damage to the aircraft and the lack of knowledge regarding how to react in such a situation. -- opening paragraph of Durant et al. (2010), Atmospheric and environmental impacts of volcanic particulates, Elements, 6:235-240