Editors' Choice: Comair crew prevailed in Brasilia icing stall
What was to have been a routine milk run on March 19 from Nassau, Bahamas, to Orlando, Fla., for Comair Flight 5054 turned into several moments of sheer te

What was to have been a routine milk run on March 19 from Nassau, Bahamas, to Orlando, Fla., for Comair Flight 5054 turned into several moments of sheer terror when the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia began accruing a coating of ice as it entered IMC at 18,000 ft about 46 min after takeoff.

As the windshield began to ice over, the crew of the twin turboprop activated the ice protection system and it began to clear. But the first officer soon discovered that the de-icing boots on the right wing and the spinner on the right prop were also accumulating a layer of ice that extended farther back than he had ever seen previously.