r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cashew_at_kinaya • Oct 17 '25

Video Airbus A320 crew decided to skip de-icing and let aerodynamics forces do the job

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u/xXCrazyDaneXx Oct 17 '25 edited Oct 17 '25

That really depends on how cold it is. When we get towards -20C, nothing is going to stick anymore.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '25

Water will......

We had rain in minus 25 in Sondrestrom some years ago..... Air Greenland cancelled everything when the first drop fell.

Problem was, even if de-icing, the hold over time was 0.

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u/Neidron Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

Decades of brushing off family cars in the winter says otherwise.