New technology that could minimise future disruption to air traffic from volcanic ash has been unveiled by budget airline EasyJet.<br /><br />The British airline will be the first to trial a new ''weather radar for ash'' system called AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector).<br /><br />The system involves placing infrared technology onto an aircraft to supply images to both the pilots and an airline's flight control centre.<br /><br />It is an attempt to prevent a repeat of April's airspace shutdown, after an Icelandic volcano erupted.<br /><br />The disruption cost airlines nearly $3bn and stranded thousands of passengers.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports on the aircraft-mounted radar that could help prevent future airspace closures.<br /><br />[June, 05, 2010]
