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"A senior U.S. official told Reuters news service that glass buildup from the eruption was found in an engine of a NATO F-16 fighter plane, underscoring dangers to aircraft flying through the ash cloud."
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The tentacles of the crisis have already stretched into the global supply chain. Auto factories in China that use electronic parts flown in from Germany faced a sudden halt in shipments. A logjam forming in the international diamond trade threatened to delay the shipment of necklaces and wedding rings if flights are not resumed between cutters in India and dealers in Antwerp, Belgium.
"It is going to take us four or five days to get back to normal if the ban is lifted this week," said Rohit Mehta, president of the Surat Diamond Association in India. "But if it goes on for two or three weeks, it could seriously disrupt the diamond trade."
Could get very, very ugly.
More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041901101.html