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Old 02-14-2009, 07:47 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO View Post
Wasnt that the ATR ? IIRC: They had a control surface freeze up/over of some sort. Not sure on that though.
Turns out the ATR-42 never could handle ice. The de-icing system had to be partially redesigned and all icing tests had to be recertified behind a water tanker.

The certificate for flying in known icing was pulled for over one year, IIRC.
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