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February 2010 - Volume 5

Snowball brings down airplane.
The buildup and sudden release of ice in the Boeing 777’s fuel system — called a “snowball” — caused a rollback of both engines on final approach to Heathrow Airport. The cover story describes the findings of the investigation into the hard landing short of the runway that destroyed the airplane.


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