ONE aircraft had a
single hydraulic pump failure which resulted in a divert to Lyon (A flybe engineering base). Problem recurred later in Edinburgh (same aircraft). So I'm afraid "what you heard" is a load of old tosh.
Nice try though...
And SAS did not have the same problems with their Q400s, they had different problems with earlier aircraft...
I mean, I don't particularly like it either, but let's try and keep the facts vaguely straight, shall we...