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Thanks, climate change: heat waves will keep on grounding planes

Source
Wired

Publication Date
2017-07-13

Last month, Phoenix enduring a blistering heat wave, with temperatures so high that airport officials had to cancel dozens of flights. The reason was two-fold. First off, some jet engines risk catching on fire in extreme heat. And when air gets hot, it expands and becomes less dense—so an airplane’s wings can’t generate enough lift to get off the ground.

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https://www.wired.com/story/thanks-climate-change-heat-waves-will-keep-on-grounding-planes/