resulting in a safe landing at a higher than normal speed.
Flap lockouts are a well known feature of 146/RJ operations, the system design is just prone to them. Certainly there is a trend developing there and it needs to be looked at, my guess is that examination of maintenance procedures will solve it, but its not exactly a big deal. Not like the SAS Dash undercarriage business, and that hurt precisely no-one except the accountants.