The crew were able to restart the engines and land the aircraft safely. To ensure aviation safety, it is necessary that reports of eruptions are processed without delay into warnings to Pilots, Air Traffic Control Centers, and Air Carrier Operations Centers. Volcanoes are a threat to air safety from the moment that they erupt. A warning system should be capable of a 5-minute response time once an eruption has been detected. A modern jet aircraft is traveling over 500 mph and advancing 6-8 miles per minute.
Winds play the dominant role in the distribution of volcanic ash.
The agency for subsequent ash-location advisories should be the meteorological office. In order to meet their goal they decided the world should be divided into different regions, differentiated by their volcanic activity and volcano observatories. The designated V.A.A.C. would be in charge of keeping track of the activity by analyzing satellite imagery in their designated region. The V.A.A.C.s operate advanced science-based tools for detecting, identifying, tracking and projecting the movement of airborne volcanic ash. The V.A.A.C.s must provide the required advisory information to the various M.W.O.s for a timely issuance of the Sigmets.