At high altitudes the air is always cold, even in summer. Most planes have heating systems to prevent ice buildup. Hot air from the engines can be routed to other areas. Some planes have ...

A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31 ... The anti-icing system on the wings and tail of the 5-year-old turbo-propeller airplane was designed to prevent ice from ...

A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska ... of the 5-year-old turbo-propeller airplane was designed to prevent ice from accumulating, the report says. The operator said the quantity ...

The Bering Air flight that crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was over the weight limit for a "flight into known or forecast icing conditions," the NTSB said.

NASA is using for this task a mockup of the plane's wing and a special facility located at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, the Icing Research Tunnel. It's unclear how far along the ...

When a Voepass flight came crashing down in thick smoke, it killed all 62 passengers onboard and was reported as the ...

After all, it doesn’t matter how fuel-efficient a plane is if it can’t safely get off the ground in bad weather. Because of the thinness of transonic truss-braced wing design, ice tends to ...

Travelers can take climbing tools and equipment on planes in the United States with certain restrictions. Whippets, ice picks ...

A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan ... the 5-year-old turbo-propeller airplane was designed to prevent ice from accumulating, the report says. The operator said the ...

A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska ... of the five-year-old turbo-propeller airplane was designed to prevent ice from accumulating, the report says. The operator said the quantity ...