Two staff at Heathrow airport were caught on camera de-frosting an airplane parked on a runaway.

The footage, captured this morning (February 28), shows two workers pouring warm liquid on top of an aircraft as they stand on cranes.

This anti-icer solution is applied to prevent accidents as piled-up ice on the wings of an aircraft can difficult its control.

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