Icing, longtime problem, is NY air crash suspect
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Deadly ice that forms suddenly on commuter planes like the one that crashed in New York is a recognized threat to air passengers, but the Federal Aviation Administration has not adopted recommendations made more than a decade ago intended to prevent such ice-related disasters.The National Transportation Safety Board identified last year as one of its "most wanted" priorities changes to how U.S. pilots would be instructed to operate anti-icing equipment on planes like Continental Connection Flight 3407, which fell out of the sky late Thursday near Buffalo.
The formal safety recommendations trace to similar crashes in 1994 and 1997 in Indiana and Michigan.
"Those of us who have been involved with this process get very frustrated with the inability to get meaningful decisions out of the FAA," said former NTSB board member John Goglia, a panel member when it investigated the 1994 crash. "They are going to think about it, they are going to put a study group together, they are going to do all these things that always equate to little or no action."
The FAA said in a statement it is still working on the rule change. The agency said it has issued more than 100 plane-specific orders on icing for 50 different types of aircraft and "changed airplane flight manuals and other operating documents to address icing safety, and issued bulletins and alerts to operators emphasizing icing safety issues."
Officials stopped short of saying ice caused Thursday night's crash. But they said the crew who perished had noticed significant ice buildup on the wings and windshield just before the plane began pitching and rolling violently.
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