Flight Restrictions: Icing, Fog, and Thunderstorms - Safety Measures

This report analyzes the impact of icing, fog, and thunderstorms on flight operations. It details the challenges these weather conditions pose to pilots, including reduced visibility and potential hazards like microbursts and lightning strikes. The report further explores practical solutions and safety measures to mitigate these risks. These include the use of de-icers, heated windshields, anti-fog agents, and lightning arresters, along with the importance of communication with air traffic control. The report emphasizes the critical need for pilots to avoid flying during adverse weather conditions like icing, fog, and thunderstorms, and provides solutions for ensuring flight safety. This report is a valuable resource for students studying aviation, offering insights into weather-related challenges and safety protocols.

Running head: Restrictions to flight visibility 1
Restrictions to flight visibility
Name
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Restriction Description Challenges Strategies
 Icing
 This is a condition
which can lead to
the formation of
water ice on the
surface of an aircraft
or within the engine
of the aircraft.
 Icing is very
dangerous in that
it prevents the
pilot from clearly
seeing the
obstacles that
may lead to
crushing of the
aircraft, hence a
catastrophe.
 Use of De-icier
wind shield
fluid. This is a
chemically
designed to
curb icing from
forming on the
windscreen of
a plane.
However this
strategy is not
100% effective
since the
aircraft move
at a very high
speed causing
the fluid to
slide off the
plane.
 Pilots should
use “ATC” in
order to
confirm if they
are seeing what
the controllers
are seeing. This
will help the
pilots to be safe
during the
flight.
 Use of heated
windshield.
This works
best in areas
where
temperature go
beyond
freezing point.
This method
even removes
oils and grease
released by the
exhauster of
vehicles and
from their

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tyres.
Therefore, this
method is more
efficient than
the De-ice
windshield
washer fluid.
 Avoid flying
during icing
and fly only
when the
weather is
clear. This can
prevent
accidents from
occurring.
 Fog
 This is a weather
condition in which
very small drops of
water groups
together to form a
thicker cloud close
to the land and sea
or ocean.
 This makes it
difficult for pilots
to take off. It
gives pilots a
hard time while
locating the
taxiway for run
off and landing.
 Use of anti-fog
during the
flight. This is
sprayed on the
screen to as for
the pilot to see
well during the
fog.
 Avoid flying
during fog and
fly only when
the weather is
clear. This can
prevent
accidents from
occurring.
 Pilots should
use “ATC” in
order to
confirm if they
are seeing what
the controllers
are seeing. This
will help the
pilots to be safe
during the
flight.
 Thunderstorm  This is a small,
powerful weather
scheme which
makes burly winds,
lightning and
 Thunderstorm
causes
microburst or
downdrafts. A
regular rain
 Use of
lightning
arrester. This
will absorb the
lightning and

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thunder. It happens
during rain showers.
It is a storm which is
always accompanied
with thunder.
accompanied by
thunder creates a
challenge to the
pilots since rain
lowers the
visibility of the
sky. Pilots can
easily make
accident in low
visibility
atmosphere since
they cannot see
ahead of the
plane well.
 The lightning can
strike a plane
causing death of
many.
prevent it from
striking the
plane.
 Avoid flying
during
thunderstorm
and fly only
when the
weather is
clear. This can
prevent
accidents from
occurring.
 Pilots should
use “ATC” in
order to
confirm if they
are seeing what
the controllers
are seeing. This
will help the
pilots to be safe
during the
flight.