USAir Flight 405 arrived at LaGuardia over an hour late in 1992. The weather was horrible, with snow falling and ice forming. The plane’s wings had to be de-iced twice, but due to long delays, the ice continued to build on the wings. And once they took off, the rest was history. The Ordinary Turned to Instant Horror for All Aboard USAir’s Flight 405 N.R Kleinfeld (1992) (New York Times).