SAS has 4 aborted take-offs/emergency landings in 2 weeks
Jul 18, 2001, 3:58 am
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SAS has 4 aborted take-offs/emergency landings in 2 weeks
July 5: a Fokker 50 with 23 passengers from Bardufoss to Evenes returns after 5 min due to total engine failure in one engine
July 6: an MD87 with 66 passengers from Stavanger to Stanstead makes emergency landing at Stavanger airport after 15 minutes due to error-indication on one engine and fear of over-heating
July 13: Boeing 767 with 190 people from Singapore to Bangkok returns to Singapore after 10-15 minutes flying due to error indication
July 17: An MD80 with 72 passengers returns to Oslo after 10 minutes due to smell of "electric burn"/ smoke in cabin.
Operations manager for SAS Norway, Freddy Haugen, admits the situation is serious and states that SAS will have to review internal safety regulations.
Source: http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/07/18/269832.html
July 6: an MD87 with 66 passengers from Stavanger to Stanstead makes emergency landing at Stavanger airport after 15 minutes due to error-indication on one engine and fear of over-heating
July 13: Boeing 767 with 190 people from Singapore to Bangkok returns to Singapore after 10-15 minutes flying due to error indication
July 17: An MD80 with 72 passengers returns to Oslo after 10 minutes due to smell of "electric burn"/ smoke in cabin.
Operations manager for SAS Norway, Freddy Haugen, admits the situation is serious and states that SAS will have to review internal safety regulations.
Source: http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/07/18/269832.html
Jul 18, 2001, 4:14 am
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It does seem more than normal. But these incidents happen all the time, at least a couple a month. Let's see, in 2 weeks SAS has around 14,000 take-offs. Is 4 'emergency' landings a lot? Does anyone know?
Jul 30, 2001, 1:41 am
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This story is still in the news. There were a total of 12 'incidents' during July. These were mostly false instrument indicators. SAS had over 30,000 filghts during July.
[This message has been edited by Austman (edited 07-30-2001).]
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