It’s a big part of our identity, is we fall down, we get up. We get injured, we get up,” skating icon Scott Hamilton said.

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the vertical upward force that keeps a plane in the sky. It is generated when air ...

Despite a number of recent deadly air crashes, flying is still statistically one of the safest forms of transport available.