Tag: Dash 8

Bombardier to Sell Q400 Program and Cut 5,000 Jobs

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bombardier has announced it plans to sell its Q400 turboprop passenger line to a subsidiary of Longview Aviation Capital Corporation and to cut 5,000 jobs as part of an effort to streamline operations and reduce costs. According to Bombardier, the sale includes not only the Q400 program but also all assets and intellectual property for other Dash […]

Eastern Australia DH8C Encouters Lightning Strike

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Eastern Australia de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Qantas, performing flight QF-2164 from Sydney, NS to Port Macquarie, NS (Australia), had just levelled off at cruise level 170 out of Sydney about 17 minutes into the flight when the crew decided to return to Sydney reporting the aircraft had sustained a lightning strike. […]

Watch Flybe Dash8 Crash Landing at Amsterdam Schiphol

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 performing flight from Edinburgh, SC (UK) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 59 people on board, landed on Amsterdam’s runway 22 but came to a stop on the runway with the right main gear collapsed. The crew declared Mayday, Mayday, Mayday reporting the gear had collapsed, they were evacuating onto the […]