Communication Breakdown Endangered Deicing Crews

Credit: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation
Confusion between the crew of an Iberia Airbus A320 and ground control at Munich Airport appears to be behind a Jan. 20 incident in which two deicing vehicles were nearly knocked over, according to an interim report by the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU). While...

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