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This is a sandbox page for the proposed new 2007 Dash 8 landing gear incidents article.

In September 2007, two separate incidents of a similar failure occurred within four days of each other on SAS Dash 8-400 (Q400) aircraft.

SAS Dash 8-400 (Q400)

**Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209**
Summary
Date	September 9, 2007
Type	Landing Gear Failure
Site	Aalborg, Denmark
Passengers	69
Crew	4
Injuries	5
Fatalities	0
Survivors	73
Aircraft type	Dash 8-400 (Q400)
Aircraft name	Unknown
Operator	Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Tail number	LN-RDK
Flight origin	Copenhagen Airport
Destination	Aalborg Airport

**Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748**
Summary
Date	September 12, 2007
Type	Landing Gear Failure
Site	Vilnius Airport, Lithuania
Passengers	48
Crew	4
Injuries	0
Fatalities	0
Survivors	52
Aircraft type	Dash 8-400 (Q400)
Aircraft name	Unknown
Operator	Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Tail number	Unknown
Flight origin	Copenhagen Airport
Destination	Palanga

**Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867**
Summary
Date	October 27, 2007
Type	Landing Gear Failure
Site	Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
Passengers	40
Crew	4
Injuries	0
Fatalities	0
Survivors	44
Aircraft type	Dash 8-400 (Q400)
Aircraft name	Asta Viking
Operator	Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Tail number	LN-RDI
Flight origin	Bergen Airport, Norway
Destination	Copenhagen Airport, Denmark

1 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209
2 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748
3 Similar incidents with Dash 8
4 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209

Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209, a de Havilland Canada Dash-8-400, took off from Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, on September 9, 2007. It was headed to Aalborg Airport, Denmark. SK1209 is a code-shared flight with Spanair flight JK9101, BMI flight BD3923 and Lufthansa flight LH6002.

The landing gear failed prior to landing and the crew circled for an hour before attempting an emergency landing. Upon touchdown, the right landing gear collapsed and the right wing touched ground and a fire broke out. The fire was extinguished by airport emergency teams and all passengers and crew was evacuated. Five people suffered minor injuries, some from propeller parts entering the cabin and some from the evacuation.

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has been accused of cutting corners for maintenance. As the Civil Aviation Administration began an investigation of the accident, it brought renewed focus on SAS maintenance procedures. Only two weeks previously, Swedish authorities had levelled a scathing critique at the airline after a plane of the same model nearly crashed because its motor accelerated unexpectedly during landing. The airline reportedly made 2,300 flights in which safety equipment was not up to standard, but it has denied that it failed to live up to safety standards.^[1]

9 September 2007: The crew of Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209, en route from Copenhagen to Aalborg, reported problems with the locking mechanism of the right side landing gear, and Aalborg Airport was prepared for an emergency landing. Shortly after touchdown the right wing gear collapsed and the airliner skidded off the runway while fragments of the right propeller shot through the cabin and the right engine caught fire. Of 69 passengers and four crew on board, 11 were sent to hospital, five with only minor injuries.^[2]^[3]^[4] The accident was filmed by a local news channel (TV2-Nord) and broadcast live on national television. The video footage can be seen at YouTube.^[5] About a month earlier the same aircraft had had to return to Copenhagen 10 minutes after departure due to problems with the indicator lights of the landing gear.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748

Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748, a de Havilland Canada Dash-8-400, took off from Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, on September 12, 2007. It was headed to Palanga, Lithuania, and was diverted to Vilnius Airport when landing gear problems were discovered before landing. Upon touchdown, the right landing gear collapsed. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated. ^[6]

12 September 2007: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748 from Copenhagen to Palanga had a similar problem with the landing gear, forcing the plane to land in Vilnius. No passengers or crew were injured.^[7]^[8]^[9] Immediately after this incident SAS grounded all their 33 Dash-8/Q400 planes and, a few hours later, Bombardier recommended that all Dash-8/Q400s with more than 10,000 flights be grounded until further notice.^[10]

Immediately after this incident, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) grounded all their 33 Dash-8-400 planes, and a few hours later Bombardier recommended that all Dash-8-400 with more than 10,000 flights stay on ground until further notice.^[11]

[edit] Similar incidents with Dash 8

In 2002 a wheel detached from the starboard side of the undercarriage at an aircraft owned by Tyrolean Airways while taking off from Frankfurt Airport. The missing wheel was detected after landing in Salzburg Airport, and the wheel was later recovered.^[12]
In 2004, an All Nippon Airways flight made an emergency landing with a failure of the right landing gear at Kōchi Ryōma Airport.
On 13 March 2007, All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, nose-landed safely at Kochi airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy. Bombardier advised all operators to inspect the nose landing-gear mechanism of the aircraft. See also: All Nippon Airways^[13]
In August 2007 the same airplane had to return to Copenhagen 10 minutes after departure due to problems with the indicator lights of the landing gear.

Wikinews has related news:

Scandanavian Airlines System landing gear failures prompt grounding of Bombardier Q400s

9 June 1995: Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 from Auckland Airport to Palmerston North crashed west of the Tararua Ranges and 16 km east of Palmerston North airport during an instrument approach in bad weather. Four people were killed and most other passengers injured.
13 March 2007: All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, a Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, bound from Osaka to Kōchi, nose-landed safely at Kochi airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy. None of the 53 passengers or 4 crew were injured. Bombardier advised all operators to inspect the nose landing-gear mechanism of the aircraft.
20 April 2007: a Dash 8 operated by Bahamasair suffered a port side landing gear collapse on landing at Governor's Harbour Airport; no injuries were reported but inquiries continue.^[14] The aircraft suffered left wing and propeller damage, and was dismantled and shipped off-site.
12 August 2007, at 9:37 local time, a Dash 8 Q400 aircraft skidded off the runway at Gimhae International Airport, Busan, South Korea, injuring 6 people and damaging the aircraft, particularly the left propeller.^[15]^[16]

10 September 2007: A Scandinavian Airlines Flight en route from Copenhagen to Prague, reported problems with bleed air overheating (high-pressure air running from the engines to the cabin heating system) and returned to Copenhagen after 20 minutes of flight time. Passengers were boarded on another Dash8-Q400. Shortly after take-off this second Dash8 aircraft experiences technical problems due to asymmectric steering flap movement. This second flight with the same passengers aboard once again returns to Copenhagen.^[17]

13 September 2007: Following the investigation of the incidents on 9 and 12 September 2007 Transport Canada issued an Airworthiness Directive applicable to Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft instructing all Q400 aircraft operators to conduct a general visual inspection of the left and right main landing gear system and main landing gear retract actuator jam nut. This effectively grounded all Q400 aircraft until the inspection had been carried out.^[18]^[19]^[20]
21 September 2007: An Augsburg Airways Dash 8 bound for Peretola Airport in Florence, Italy experienced a failure of the actuator mechanism on the front landing gear, preventing the gear from folding out. The pilots returned to Munich International Airport and performed an emergency landing. No passengers were harmed in the incident.^[21]^[22]
10 October 2007: A SAS Denmark Q400 headed for Poland returned to Copenhagen when the pilots got problems with the indicator lights of the front landing gear. The pilots got a yellow indication that the front landing gear hatch didn't close after taking off. Then they heard the hatch closing, then opening and closing again.^[23]^[24]
11 October 2007: A Scandinavian Airlines Flight en route from Berlin to Stockholm returns to Berlin shortly after take-off due to indications of engine failure.^[25]
12 October 2007: A Scandinavian Airlines Flight returns to Warsaw due to problems with the landing gear.^[25]

[edit] Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867

On October 27, 2007, a Dash 8-400 (Q400), SAS flight SK2867 from Bergen, Norway with 40 passengers and 4 crew members was on flight to Copenhagen, Denmark when problems with the main landing gear was identified. After waiting about two hours in the air, the pilots attempted a prepared emergency landing. The pilots were forced to land the aircraft with port side landing gear up. The plane stopped on the runaway with right wing touching the runway at 16.53 local time. Plane did not catch fire and the passengers and the crew were evacuated quickly. There were no severe injuries. The aircraft in question was one of six examples that had been cleared to fly just a month before, following the grounding of the entire Scandinavian Airlines Dash 8-400 fleet due to similar issues with landing gear. The entire fleet was grounded again following the incident. ^[26]^[27]^[28] On October 28, 2007 SAS announced that it will remove all Dash 8 Q400 planes from service permanently. ^[29]

27 October 2007: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867 en route from Bergen to Copenhagen had severe problems with the landing gear during landing in Kastrup Airport. Right wing gear did not deploy properly (or partially), and the aircraft skidded off the runway in a controlled emergency landing. The Q400 was carrying 38 passengers, 2 infants and 4 crewmembers onboard. No injuries have been reported. The incident is being investigated by the civil aviation administration in Scandinavia and all Dash 8-400 aircraft within the SAS Group are grounded. ^[30]^[31]^[32]