Mxsmanic wrote:

Owen Roberts writes:

That's good. You listened to a tape where nobody panicked and
therefore stayed alive.

She panicked for a time. If the ice hadn't started to melt (not
necessarily through any action of her own), she'd probably be dead.

Always nice to be an armchair pilot, isn't it?

The ice came off because the pilot turned on the boots. It did not melt.