No. That would restrict airflow to the engines and the screen would have to be extremely fine to capture the dust particles not to mention it would be sucked into the engine itself under high power. Even if it were possible though it wouldn’t be economically feasible. Volcanic eruptions have never impacted air travel to this extent. Usually airlines can just route around the ash cloud. This is a once in a century type deal.
Sorry, I haven’t been following the story until now.
Is it “once in a century” simply due to the congested nature of the geographic area beneath the cloud?
So I’m just a bit curious, who’s gonna get the blame when a KLM or Lufthansa 747 falls out of the sky due to a quadruple flame out because the engines are clogged up with volcanic particulate so fine that it may not even be visible to the human eye as you are flying through it.
It don’t show up on RADAR because it contains no water and it builds up slowly.
50 North 40 West is no place to have all four GE’s stop converting jet fuel into noise...