March 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. aviation regulators and airline meteorologists are monitoring the radiation plume drifting northeast from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors to ensure it doesn’t threaten commercial jet routes.
The Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t decided whether any action is needed beyond tracking the cloud, a spokeswoman, Laura Brown, said today in a telephone interview. American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc. said their flights aren’t going near any radioactive contamination.
“There’s no problem in avoiding anything that is currently there,” said Tim Smith, a spokesman for AMR Corp.’s American in Fort Worth, Texas. “We’re already flying in from west of this concern area anyway.”
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