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Old January 26th 08, 04:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Morgans[_2_]
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Default Ice accumulation blamed for Heathrow Boeing 777 crash landing?


"Grumps" wrote

Following the Boeing 777 accident at Heathrow last week, the American
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just released an
Airworthiness Directive (AD) with the following title:-


Perhaps I am missing something, or am just dense, or both. g

Is the implication that a ground ice fog incident, prior to the forced
landing, damaged the engines of the recent 777 Heathrow crash?

If not, what does this report (which seems to only speak about ground ice
fog) have to do with the crash?
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Jim in NC