Business Services Industry
SAS aircraft involved in accident in Lithuania
Nordic Business Report, Sept 12, 2007
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-12 September 2007-SAS aircraft involved in accident in Lithuania(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Scandinavian airline SAS Group said on Wednesday (12 September) that one of its aircraft, a Dash 8-400 (Q400) with flight number SK2748 from Copenhagen to Palanga, Lithuania, has been involved in an accident.
The aircraft experienced technical difficulties and the crew decided to divert to Vilnius Airport in Lithuania where the accident occurred at 01:36 hrs local time today.
No further details of the accident were available, but the company confirmed that there were 48 passengers and 4 crew onboard. All passengers were evacuated after landing and no injuries are reported, SAS added.
A team of specially trained SAS personnel is currently on its way to Vilnius to assist all passengers and crew, the company said.
The Canadian manufacturer of Dash 8-400, Bombardier, is recommending that all aircraft worldwide of this type with 10,000 landing gear cycles or more will be grounded until the recommended inspection is carried out.
Scandinavian Airlines and Wideroe have already decided to ground the entire fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft until further notice.
SAS AB, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Nordic region airline and travel group. The SAS Group offers air transport and related services from its base in Northern Europe. The company is listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.
((Comments on this story may be sent to nbr.feedback@nordicbusinessreport.com))
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
Content provided in partnership with
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
Presented by American Express