Entire SAS Dash 8-Q400 fleet grounded - major disturbances

chrisflyer · Post by **chrisflyer** » 12 Sep 2007, 13:20

Dear all,

It seems that SAS has grounded all of its DH4s after the Aalborg and Vilnius incidents. This is causing havoc in most of Northern Europe.

I was personally scheduled to fly on one of SAS' DH4s tomorrow from CPH to GDN. Since the purpose of the trip was a meeting in the afternoon and SAS are unable to reschedule or reroute us in any acceptable way, we had to cancel the whole trip.

Does anyone know for how long the fleet will be grounded and what exactly will be done to it? In addition, what does this (as well as the more than two hundred (!) emergency landings involving the DH4 since entry into service with SAS) mean for the future of DH4 operations both within SAS and with other carriers. This aircraft seems to be a liability.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,

Chrisflyer

Post by **speedbird1** » 12 Sep 2007, 13:51

Just heard on Radio 1 that FlyBe have grounded some aircraft.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6990876.stm

Ems

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 12 Sep 2007, 16:36

Shame on Bombardier!!

Kaninchen87 · Post by **Kaninchen87** » 12 Sep 2007, 18:02

Ok, let's post my articles here again

(only in Dutch):

http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_58 ... n=homeArt7

and

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?ID=22013

Greetings