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Old 9th Apr 2005, 10:18
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It begs the question why did they buy / lease these aircraft in the first place? Turkish Airlines publicly grounded these exact aircraft in May 2004 for alleged fuel tank contamination. Fly be have now wasted tens of thousands of pounds training crews & engineers not to mention the problems they must be facing on overbookings if they can't find a 112 seat aircraft to replace the 97 seater 200 series currently at Southampton. Although I would imagine there must be some spare RJ's sitting in the desert or Exeter?
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