Brussels, 10/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Air Safety Agency (EASA) is preparing rules for airworthiness and risk assessment for safe flight in airspace contaminated by volcanic ash, Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn announced to the European Parliament on Thursday 10 March. Speaking during a debate on the volcanic ash crisis of last April (see EUROPE 10122), Hahn added that “by April”, the Commission hopes to finalise work on extending the EASA sphere of competence to...