You know what the airline industry doesn’t need? Grounded planes, that’s what.
Then again, I like to have the peace of mind that the plane in which I ride has landing gear in perfect working order.
Grounding of turboprop wreaks havoc on airline schedules
Hundreds of flights in Asia, North America and Europe were canceled or delayed Thursday as airlines continued to examine landing gear on about 60 Bombardier regional airliners for defects that could cause their collapse.
Bombardier, which is based in Montreal, recommended that airlines ground some of its Q400 models after the right-wing landing gear on a Scandinavian Airlines System plane crumpled during an emergency landing early Wednesday in Lithuania. Another Q400 operated by SAS suffered a similar failure in Denmark on Sunday.
Not a happy day at Bombardier, I’m sure. And given the mounting grief that the airline industry has faced over its long, miserable summer, not a happy day for commercial carriers, either.
Category: Transportation
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