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The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and able to cruise at a maximum speed of 685 km/h (370 kn). [ 3 ]
Saab's design of wire harnesses, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorizing Unalaska Airport to operate the Saab 2000 without taking the runway safety area into consideration first, and the flight crew's decision to land in a tailwind that exceeded Saab's limits (which the NTSB labeled as inappropriate) were also factors in the accident.
The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1995, was a Saab 2000 registered as G-LGNO with serial number 2000-013. It was equipped with two Allison AE 2100A turboprop engines. The aircraft had accumulated a total of 26,672 flight hours and 25,357 flight cycles at the time of the accident.
The aircraft involved was a Saab 2000, registered HB-IZY, [1] and named Doldenhorn, after a 3,643-metre-high (11,952 ft) mountain in Switzerland. [2] The aircraft's serial number was 047 and had first flown on 30 April 1997. [1] At the time of the accident, it had completed 12,303 hours of flight and made 12,069 landings. [3]
PenAir Saab 340B N424XJ. Note the SOL Lineas Aereas livery. PenAir was the only air carrier in the U.S. operating the Saab 2000 regional turboprop in scheduled passenger airline service. PenAir was among the last airlines in the world to operate the Grumman G-21A Goose seaplane on scheduled flights.
Lists of Saab aircraft operators (1 P) Pages in category "Saab aircraft" ... Saab 340; Saab 340 AEW&C; Saab 2000; B. Hermann Behrbohm; Erik Bratt; G. Tore Gullstrand ...
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 airline was renamed Sterling, and the Embraer aircraft replaced with 4 leased Saab 2000s. Currently, the only routes they are flying are those flown under the Aleutian Airways brand. Wexford Capital has a history with airlines, starting with the purchase of the former Alaskan airline MarkAir's assets out of bankruptcy in 1995.