FAA demands turboprop-icing tests

THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration plans to require manufacturers of 26 regional-turboprop types to test their aircraft for susceptibility to large-droplet icing, suspected to have caused the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle ATR 72.

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