What happens when an aircraft's wing leading-edge de-icing system fails?

💡 Explanation

Lift is significantly impacted when ice accumulates; the system's failure activates **ice accretion**, massively distorting the airfoil shape because the boundary layer is disrupted, therefore stall speed abruptly increases, rather than being preventable by thrust or control surface adjustments.

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