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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.
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 was a Saab 340B, registered as PH-KSH, which crashed during an emergency landing on 4 April 1994 and killing 3 occupants, including the captain. Flight 433 was a routine scheduled flight from Amsterdam , the Netherlands , to Cardiff , Wales .
In command 43-year-old Captain Fei Kuo-pang, a line instructor and a former Air Force veteran who joined Formosa Airlines in 1989, and had clocked about 11,000 total flight hours, including 6,455 hours on the Saab 340. Captain Fei had been on duty for more than 11 hours prior to the accident, and had flown a total of nine flights.
Saab AB painted two new Saab 340 aircraft in special commemorative liveries celebrating both the award and Mesaba's 25th anniversary of scheduled airline service. On August 31, 2005, Mesaba Airlines was named the winner of the 2005 Operational Excellence Award by AIG Aviation , a U.S. based underwriter of aviation insurance.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Saab 340" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Crossair Flight 498 was a scheduled commuter flight from Zürich, Switzerland, to Dresden, Germany.On 10 January 2000, the Saab 340B operating the flight crashed two minutes after takeoff in the Swiss municipality of Niederhasli, killing all 10 passengers and crew.
The Detroit Free Press reported at the time that 634 of the jobs being cut then were at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren based on information provided to the state of Michigan.
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 ...