Fri, Feb 22, 2008
Figure Will Be Applied Against New CRJ Order
Four months after dumping its fleet of Q400 turboprops after
three landing accidents, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) plans to bill
planemaker Bombardier for one billion Danish crowns ($198 million)
in compensation.
Citing a report by the Danish trade journal "Take Off," Reuters
reports SAS intends to apply that compensation against its order
for 20 Bombardier CRJ regional jets, to replace its unloved Q400s.
Negotiations between the two companies are wrapping up now.
As ANN reported, SAS dropped
the twin turboprop regional airliner from its fleet on October
28... a day after the airline's third landing accident involving a
Q400 in just over six weeks. In each of those accidents -- the
first two of which occurred just four days apart -- the aircraft
experienced problems with deploying their right maingear.
Despite the localized nature of the problem, Bombardier could
not identify a single cause for all three failures. Separate
investigations by the Danish government determined the first two
incidents -- in Aalborg, Denmark on September 9, followed by
another failure in Vilnius, Lithuania three days later -- were
caused by a corroded bolt in each plane's landing gear
assembly.
A November joint investigation by the European Aviation Safety
Agency, Transport Canada, planemaker Bombardier and component
manufacturer Goodrich determined the October 27 incident was not
related to the first two incidents, however, and was not caused by
a design flaw in the aircraft's right maingear assembly. A
preliminary investigation singled out a loose rubber O-ring, which
jammed and kept the gear leg from extending.
SAS is partly-owned by Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The airline
previously said it planned to seek compensation in excess 500
million crowns, or $79 million, for the incidents; the airline
estimates the costs to replace the Q400s at between 700 and 800
million Swedish crowns in 2008.
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