FRANKFURT / M. / VIENNA - to be inspected after the call of the aircraft manufacturer Bombardier, all models of the type Dash 8Q-400 with more than 10,000 hours of operation, several airlines affected aircraft temporarily "gegroundet. When operating for Lufthansa regional airline Augsburg Airways (photo) had four of the six Dash 8Q-400 remain on the ground. In cancellations occurred, according to a Lufthansa spokesman on Wednesday, however, as other regional partners such as € Wings and City Line had been skipped.
was affected much more strongly on Wednesday, the Austrian Airlines Group. As recommended by the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, had the subsidiary Tyrolean Airways eight of their ten Dash 8Q-400 from circulation. On Wednesday, therefore, fell from 20 flights. SkyEurope with the hotly contested route between Vienna and Innsbruck, but could be maintained.
8Q-400 regional aircraft from the current world 140 copies are used, 215 are at Bombardier ordered. In Europe as in Augsburg Airways and Austrian Airlines affected by two incidents SAS owns 33 aircraft, Flybe 29 aircraft, four aircraft and Widerøe Luxiar three aircraft. Not all airlines have the Dash 8Q-400 now out of service. It was announced that Australia's Qantas has conducted its flights on schedule and make the first detailed studies of the night was.
As with the two SAS incidents in the past, two other problems have been introduced to the chassis of the Dash 8Q-400, in both cases, the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways was affected. 2004 failed on landing at Kochi Airport, the right landing gear. On 13 March 2007, ANA Flight 1603 the nose landing gear not be extended, but landed safely on the nose. In the episode pointed to all operators of Bombardier aircraft type to be examined, the nose gear.
Within four days, damaged two Dash 8Q-400 of the Scandinavian airline SAS on landing after the right landing gear was broken. In the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on early Wednesday morning were all uninjured persons on board. After an almost identical accident last Sunday in Aalborg, Denmark eleven passengers had to be hospitalized.
SAS moved immediately after the second incident every 33 Dash 8 Q400 from service until further notice. On Wednesday alone, 103 flights in Copenhagen had therefore to be canceled. In Denmark and Sweden according to the company from Stockholm affected more than 9,000 passengers. The company estimates the cost of the grounding of the machines to 1.1 and 1.6 million € per day.
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