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  • The Crash that CHANGED Aviation Forever (With Real Audio)

    06/05/2024 8:41:55 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 7 replies
    You Tube ^ | May 30, 2024 | TheFlightChannel
    70,759 views While flying between New Jersey and New York the Q400 operating as flight 3407 enters an aerodynamic stall and crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York. Families of the victims lobbied the U.S. Congress to enact more stringent regulations for regional carriers and to improve the scrutiny of safe operating procedures and the working conditions of pilots. As a result, the FAA required some of these regulation changes. Seven years later, an ATR 42-500 operating as flight 661 also stalls in the sky, and the aircraft nosedives into the mountain. Find out what really happened. 16:00...
  • Airline pulls turboprops from fleet

    10/28/2007 3:18:22 PM PDT · by skeptoid · 22 replies · 21+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | October 28, 2007 at 01:18 PM | MALIN RISING
    Scandinavian Airlines said Sunday it will pull Bombardier Q400 turboprops from its fleet after a series of crash landings caused by landing gear malfunctions. The decision came a day after an SAS turboprop with 44 people on board crash-landed in Denmark when part of its landing gear collapsed, with one wing scraping the ground in a shower of sparks. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. The same type of plane, also known as Dash 8, crash-landed twice last month and SAS temporarily grounded its fleet of turboprops. No one was seriously injured. "Confidence in the Q400 has diminished considerably...