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Old May 20, 2016 | 5:22 am
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Originally Posted by KRSW
It always amuses me when we need to de-ice planes in Florida. Doesn't happen often, certainly not often enough to have de-icing equipment, but it does happen.
Flying out of MSY to ONT on Christmas day years ago -- icy rain overnight continuing into the morning -- after the first few flights of the morning departed (6 am), the airport ran out of deicing fluid. Nothing was going to fly, all airlines were grounded until it warmed up or they delivered fluid. DL originally rebooked me for Dec 28 -- I managed to get a connection on Dec 26 through DFW connecting to AA through BUR. And a rental car back to ONT.
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