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United Airlines captain aborts transatlantic journey; diverts plane to Heathrow for additional de-icing
Ninety minutes after taking off from Brussels pilot decides he is not satisfied with de-icing. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
After being airborne for an hour and a half, there is bound to be something else here not being told. The de-icing generally gets you off the ground in good stead. An hour and a half into the flight would indicate something to me. IMHO
I bet we are being told everything. I'd bet the reporter just didn't understand when they were told and paraphrased incorrectly. We know reporters and airplanes are like oil and water.
Reporter probably told there was a problem with anti ice system. Article actually quotes UA saying mechanical issue.
Reporter probably told there was a problem with anti ice system. Article actually quotes UA saying mechanical issue.
Reporter must have been a relative of Ashleigh Banfield, the ditzy blonde CNN reporter who gets everything wrong when it comes to aircraft.
10-4, makes since, particularly since it was the daily mail.
Yeah, I'm with you on this one. This is too odd and deicing is BS. If you're not properly deiced, you don't take off. 90 minutes in, there should be no ice on the aircraft at all.
That's kinda what sounded fishy to me. If something on the plane ain't working to keep the ice off, that's one thing but it didn't say anything about that. Don't they know we have to have detail. LOL
Unless it was the frost-free compartment on the Flight Deck Refrigerator... not likely.
Bear in mind that the Daily Mail is the UK version of the National Inquirer. I guarantee that there is more to the story, but this is what we get.