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The obvious risk of this happening to crowded passenger planes in British airspace was enough for the UK's Civil Aviation Authority to enforce a total ban on flights-a move which was mirrored by other northern European countries.
發生在英國領空擁擠乘客的飛機中最為明顯的風險足以讓英國民航管理局執行全面禁飛，其他北歐國家可以借鑒此舉。
The dangers of flying through volcanic ash were demonstrated in 1982 when a British Airways flight from Malaysia to Australia lost power in all four engines after flying into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung in Indonesia.
飛過火山灰的危險之旅出現在1982年從馬來西亞飛往澳大利亞的一架英國航空公司航班在飛入一片印度尼西亞加隆貢火山噴發出的火山灰云層后所有四個引擎失去動力。
After 15 minutes of gliding in a controlled descent from 37,000 feet to 12,000 feet, the pilot, Captain John Moody, managed to restart the engines once enough of the molten ash in the engines solidified and broke off.
15分鐘后滑翔從37000英尺控制降至12000英尺,飛行員,隊長約翰?穆迪曾經試圖啟動引擎，但融化的火山灰在其中已經凝固并且造成機器停止運轉。
The plane went on to land safely in Perth.
飛機最終安全降落了在珀斯。
Speaking to the BBC last week, Captain Moody demonstrated the typically phlegmatic attitude of his profession.
上周對于BBC發表講話時,隊長穆迪展示了他職業般冷漠示人的態度。
"It was, yeah, a little bit frightening," he said.
“是,是的,是有一點害怕,”他說道。
