Winter Storm brings deicing into focus: that truck sprays glycol-based fluid that strips ice and prevents refreeze before ...

De-icing fluids (Type I) remove ice, snow, and frost layers from external surfaces of an aircraft and anti-icing fluids (Type II, Type III and Type IV) prevent the aircraft from further freezing ice ...

The performance time of certain deicing fluids on composite surfaces of new aircraft is shorter by minutes—frequently five or six min. depending on weather conditions and temperatures—compared to ...

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Winter weather is hitting hard and fast in parts of the country right now. Sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice means that planes have to be de-iced before taking flight, so here's an explainer of ...

Chaos ensues when deicing fluid invades cabin, soaking one shocked passenger.

Ice detection technology developed by researchers at the University of Toronto could speed up the de-icing process for aircraft and other aerospace vehicles, helping to prevent costly flight delays.

(CNN) — If you are a frequent flyer, you’ve probably been at the airport waiting to jet somewhere on a winter trip when the voice of an airline employee announces over the intercom that there will be ...