An Invisible Enemy Has Haunted Aviation For Years. It May Have Caused the Fatal Learjet Crash.
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Clear ice can silently reshape a wing and turn a routine climb into an unrecoverable nosedive. Flying is safer than any other source of transportation—there’s no denying that. Aeronautics experts estimate that flying is roughly 626 times safer than traveling in a passenger vehicle, and that safety …
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