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Liputan6.com, Amsterdam: Clouds of volcanic ash of the volcano in Iceland, disrupt airline service across the world, especially in Europe. However, the Dutch airline company, KLM, reckless conduct test flights from Duesseldorf Airport, Germany to Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Saturday (17 / 4) local time [read: A Thousand More Flight Cancel, Losses Trillions].

KLM Executive Director, Peter Hartman, who also got on the flight said the "trial KLM aircraft without passengers managed to land safely." "In fact, Hartman added, the initial examination of the aircraft subsidiary of Air France's flights showed no damage or blockage caused by volcanic ash Eyjafjallajökull mountain."

To the press, Peter Hartman also says test flights using Boeing 737 KLM was able to fly to fly up to a maximum height of 41,000 feet or 13,000 meters. Altitude is the maximum altitude for aircraft certified to fly. Hartman claims do not deviate or illegal activities before the plane was flown until the plane landed.

While on the same day, the German airline Lufthansa also managed to fly 10 aircraft empty from Munich to Frankfurt at low altitude by doing a visual flight. In the mentioned regulations, the pilot allowed to conduct visual flight when flying low so it does not need to rely on instruments in aircraft. (ADI / ANS / AP)