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It's Too Hot For Some Planes To Fly In Phoenix

Temperatures were expected to climb as high as 120 degrees there on Tuesday — too high for some smaller planes to handle.
Meteorologists have issued an excessive heat warning for Phoenix and other parts of Arizona until Sunday evening.

You've heard the one about it being so hot you can fry an egg on a sidewalk, well how about it being hot enough to ground a jet?

That was the case in Phoenix on Tuesday,.

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