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Old Dec 8, 2003 | 7:51 pm
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JayJ
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parts of the airplane pick up ice during decent due to the aircraft being cold soaked while flying at high altitude. As the super cold aircraft (-50C) decends through moisture in the air, the moisture sticks to certain parts of the aircraft, like the backside of fan blades. After the aircraft lands it warms up to ground temperature and so this does not happen during accent.
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