Author: PitsPits Date: Nov 5, 2007 17:52
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 ...
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