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The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30-36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different operators.
The upgraded Saab 340 AEW-300 aircraft, entered service in 2009. In November 2007, Thailand announced the intention to buy two S 100B AEW aircraft from the Swedish Air Force. On May 29th, 2024, the Swedish Ministry of Defense announced that two [ 4 ] Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft (ASC 890) will be sent to Ukraine, in the 16th ...
The list of Saab 340 operators lists former, military and current operators of the aircraft as of 2015. [1] [needs update] Current operators
The main focus of aircraft production is fighter aircraft. Saab has been making aircraft since the 1930s, and the jet predecessors of the JAS 39 Gripen were the Tunnan, the Lansen, the Draken and the Viggen. The last civilian models made by Saab were the Saab 340 and Saab 2000. Both were mid-range turboprop-powered airliners. The development ...
The Saab 340B is a twin-engined turboprop commuter plane. [3] Before the hull loss of Crossair Flight 498, there had been only five crashes worldwide of the 400 Saab-340 plane types since 1984 of which three were hull losses.
Pages in category "Saab aircraft" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Saab 340; Saab 340 AEW&C; Saab 2000; B. Hermann Behrbohm; Erik ...
The aircraft involved was a Saab 340B, registration PH-KSH, which had first flown in 1990. The aircraft was powered by two General Electric CT7-9B turboshaft engines and had flown 6,558 hours at the time of the accident. [4] [6] The captain, 37-year-old Gerrit Lievaart, had been with KLM Cityhopper since 2 March 1992. He had a total of 2,605 ...
Ten Saab 340 "B" model aircraft were returned to Pinnacle Airlines (from whom they were leased) during January 2006 while the three remaining "A" model Saab 340's and the two Bombardier CRJ regional jets that had been delivered to Mesaba prior to bankruptcy would leave the fleet before mid-year. These changes left Mesaba with a fleet of 49 Saab ...