"You're not thinking of the 732 which had an engine failure and fire at WLG around 1998/1999 ?
I was watching that and the puffs of grey smoke. All looked very tame from my vantage but must have been worrisome to those aboard. Good thing it happened as the take off roll started and not once airborne."
There were several incidents around the same time. I think it was a fault with reconditioned fan blades. Queenstown was one of them. I thought the Queenstown plane was in the air.
By the way, SkyStar 320 quoted me, and changed what I said. If SkyStar remembers Saab2000s in service in Australia/NZ please remind me. I had a lot of contact with the Saab Office in Sydney, and I had a ride in a Saab2000 at Singapore Air Show 1996. An excellent aircraft to ride.