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Ice Contamination Accidents On Takeoff Reach Epidemic Proportions

Steve Scott
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Aviation may be the only mode of transportation where frozen water can lead to a fireball. The case at hand involves the Nov. 28 crash on takeoff at Montrose, Colo., of a Challenger 601 twinjet in which icing is the leading culprit. Three of the six persons aboard were killed, including the pilot in command and the flight attendant. Others were injured, including the copilot and NBC television sports executive Dick Ebersol. The crash of the Jet Alliance aircraft takes…

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