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Old 5th Nov 2007, 16:26
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It's not THAT hard to put yourself in SAS' shoes, if you try just a little bit.
Not a problem at all but considering the latest press release below, they are indeed ill-fitting shoes
Aviation regulator clears Dash 8 of design flaw
Cologne, Germany - European Union aviation regulators said Monday they had found no evidence of a design flaw in the Dash 8 turboprop passenger aircraft. Scandinavian airline SAS Group decided last month to completely stop using its fleet of 27 Dash 8 planes, also known as the Q400 and made by Bombardier of Canada, after their landing gear collapsed three times.
But the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which has its offices in the western German city of Cologne, said there was no proof this had been caused by any error of the manufacturer.
An EASA spokesman said the decision by Denmark, Sweden and Norway to cease use of the Dash 8 had created an "unsatisfactory situation" where three nations were temporarily out of line with the rest of the 31 EASA member nations.The Scandinavian nations acted last month after an outcry in the media and among politicians over the crash landings, in which one wingtip fell onto the runway and passengers and crew were shaken but not seriously hurt.
Preliminary reports from the first two such incidents in September said the accidents were believed to have been caused by corrosion of a bolt that secures the landing gear in a hydraulic cylinder.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/136536.html
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