ATR pins hopes for lift of FAA ban on new de-ice boot system

The French-Italian ATR aircraft consortium hopes a new de-icing system, which would roughly double the amount of protected wing area, will be enough for U.S. regulators to lift a ban on flying 156 ATR-42 and -72 twin-turboprops in known or forecast icing conditions. An ATR-72 recently passed icing...

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