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De-icing: NTSB: 'ice bridging' is a myth

Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.

De-icing — © AIN archives

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

January 28, 2009

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