Veteran Pilots' Immediate Thought: Was Jet de-Iced? ; Pondering a Disaster's Variables

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A chilly morning, a clear sky and a plane skidding off a runway Wednesday brought similar thoughts to some pilots: ice on the wings.

"Any ice or frost has to come off," said George Spillane, who frequently pilots a Citation III jet in and out of Teterboro Airport. "A clear day is when you sometimes get the worst frost conditions."

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Veteran Pilots' Immediate Thought: Was Jet de-Iced? ; Pondering a Disaster's Variables

A day before Wednesday's crash at Teterboro, Bergen County attorney Ed Rosenblum had to de-ice his Cessna SII Citation when he arrived there for a trip to Portland, Maine.

"The plane sat out in 16 degrees at Teterboro, an...

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