Apparently a Lufthansa Avro RJ 85 almost crashed on March 21st. German Newspapers are reporting about the incident
here
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaf...el/484/167005/
and here
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/...545293,00.html
The crew experienced an elevator control jam resulting in extrem pitch changes but managed to land the aircraft later safely.
The media are citing an internal Lufthansa report as evidence. The report says that most likely dried de-icing fluids have caused the control jam. Obviously some Lufthansa pilot passed the report and is complaining about insufficient maintenance at Lufthansa Cityline who are operating the Avros on behalf of Lufthansa.
Lufthansa are saying they are not responsible.
German authorities are saying that this is a known problem for several years.
Scary story. Any further information on that anyone?