As European airspace returned to near-normal conditions Friday, the region's air-safety regulators shifted their attention to assessing potential medium and long-term damage to planes flying through low levels of volcanic ash.
The focus is partly intended to formalize some of the interim safeguards put in place earlier this week, when regulators worked on short-term action to quickly get commercial planes back in the air.
For the first time since Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH'-tlah-yer-kuh-duhl) volcano erupted, throwing European air traffic into turmoil and causing more than 95,000 flights to be canceled, regulators asked aircraft and engine manufacturers to develop specific inspection procedures that look beyond immediate safety questions.
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