"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
11/10/2014 at 09:59 • Filed to: None
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"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
11/10/2014 at 09:59 • Filed to: None | 2
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Yikes. Here's a photo from Friday's oops at Edmonton. An Air Canada Q400 blew a tire on takeoff departing Calgary, flew on to Edmonton for an emergency landing only to have the right main gear collapse after touchdown. The prop hit the ground and threw a blade which went through the cabin wall, narrowly missing a passenger.
Buy a lottery ticket, lady..
Kate's Dirty Sister
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
11/10/2014 at 10:10 |
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I flew in one of these lase month, found the experience quite enjoyable. Shit happen once in a while I guess.
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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> Kate's Dirty Sister
11/10/2014 at 10:13 |
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Yup. I love the Q400 - hard not to with 5,000shp per side. With the type's history of landing gear issues, I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner.
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Kate's Dirty Sister
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
11/10/2014 at 10:21 |
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I thought the SAS landing gear issues were due to the operator not following Bombardier's maintenance procedure, and they had to buy a shitload of new Q400 in compensation.
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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> Kate's Dirty Sister
11/10/2014 at 11:01 |
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I vaguely recall something about corrosion on the uplock/downlock mechanism causing the gear issues. Might have been a maintenance guideline not being followed.
848brian
> Kate's Dirty Sister
11/10/2014 at 12:26 |
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That was the official line, no doubt grinding through the courts. Common denominator though was cold weather. Odd for a plane built in Canada but there you go.