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Old 4th Apr 2012, 14:29   #3 (permalink)
barit1
 
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Since I suspect (from history) that fuel is cheaper there than in UK, the ship might have "tankered" a lot of fuel into LHR, and that fuel was cold-soaked enroute. This would aggravate any residual ice from precipitation, or frost from a high dewpoint.
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