What makes it difficult to discuss this film is how much of its own stupidity should I bring up. In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 flew through an ash cloud, lost power from all four engines, and descended from 37,000 feet (11,000 m) to only 13,500 feet (4,100 m) before the flight crew managed to restart the engines. Reduced mass flow leads to the turbine doing less work. It has hammy acting, a goofy story, and hilarious stupid moments. Hint – they looked fuck all like this. This surge is likely to extinguish the flame in the engine combustor, known as a 'flame-out'. Ash can also contaminate the cabin and damage avionics. Coming Soon, Regal and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. The special effects are the usual cheap looking CG Asylum standard. Plus I appreciate an in joke on the actor who also played Superman. and the Terms and Policies, Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. I bring up "Apocalypse Pompeii" because it takes place in the same universe as "Airplane vs. Volcano" as made clear in news broadcast in the film. Although I will say it involves bombs, jet fighters, a military general, and tons of fireballs. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Ash that finds its way into the combustor may melt. Jumping between the dire situation on the plane and military command post that examine the disaster and attempt to minimize casualty. [7] James is known as a film editor for the films Zombie Apocalypse and Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies and Jon is known as an actor for the films The Amityville Haunting and 12/12/12. While I would love to poke fun the military solution to save the passengers in detail doing so will ruined any fun to be had in its third act. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. Dean Cain is the leading man filled with a committed cast of hammy actor. The ash contaminates fuel and water systems, can jam gears, and make engines flameout. Just confirm how you got your ticket. The turbine drives the compressor, which accordingly also does less work compressing the air. Coming Soon. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. There has been an attempt to prove that the sulphur dioxide usually accompanying a volcanic eruption is indeed a good indication of the presence of ash clouds such as to facilitate avoidance of ash clouds in aviation. Pilots can't see ash clouds at night. Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries. These can be categorised into those that pose an immediate hazard to the engines and those that present a maintenance problem. Sulfur dioxide—another product of volcanoes that is carried in ash clouds after an eruption—is corrosive to aircraft that fly through it.[8]. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. The only other actor worth a positive mention is Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs who inspite of the material gives a good performance. The glass component has the lowest melting temperature—lower than temperatures inside the combustor of a gas turbine engine. Restarting an engine at altitude can be difficult, due to the lower temperatures and pressures of the ambient gas, but is not normally a problem. Volcanic hazards to aviation. Airplane vs Volcano attempts to cash in not on a big movie, but seemingly on a big news story – namely, the volcanic ash clouds that grounded flights back in 2010. Fine ash that enters electronic components within the engine or airframe can cause electrical failure—which poses an immediate hazard to the aircraft. Volcanic ash consists of small tephra, which are bits of pulverized rock and glass less than 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in diameter created by volcanic eruptions. Airspace regulators took the general approach that if ash concentration rose above zero, they considered airspace unsafe, and consequently closed it. [6], To minimise further disruption that this and other volcanic eruptions could cause, the CAA created a new category of restricted airspace called a Time Limited Zone. All Critics (1) It was a typical disaster film without a bone of creativity or interesting idea to overcome technical limitations like horrid acting. [8], In 2018, their first horror film Behind the Walls, starring Vanessa Angel, Reggie Lee and Lew Temple, released under the twin brother's Dual Visions Production. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Its particles have low melting point, so they melt in the engines' combustion chamber then the ceramic mass sticks to turbine blades, fuel nozzles, and combustors—which can lead to total engine failure. Finally Robin Givens is bad in her role. The most sensitive surface is the high-pressure turbine nozzle guide vanes (NGVs), situated immediately downstream of the combustor.