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Russian Airline Suspends All Flights On ATR 72-200 Aircraft Following Serbian Crash
UTair Aviation of Russia has announced that it is grounding all of its ATR 72-200 aircraft following the crash of one of its ATR 72-200 in Serbia recently, saying it will wait until the result of that crash are found by investigators (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) More...
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The article is confusing. UTair does not fly to Serbia. There main hubs are in Siberia. By looks of the crash - lot of snow - when they were trying to land at Tyumen, on of UTair's hub cities.
You know, this article would have more credibility if it got the country right. Pretty sure the country, or region more accurately, is Siberia, Russia.
The article got the country right---SERBIA---west of Romania.
No, you are wrong. Okay, I'll phrase it this way. I guess there was another ATR crash in another city named Tyumen in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, on the same day as the one in 'Serbia'. The same number of people killed too. What a coincidence!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roschino_Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roschino_Airport
Anyone with the brain of a shriveled grape can get through this article without being too terribly stumped by the whole Serbia/Siberia thing. The real issue is a "po-dunk" Russian airline wants to cover up their deficiencies by grounding some foreign built line of aircraft when their own aircraft (Tupelov, Ilyushin or Yak) repeatedly fall out of the sky.
Maybe you don't know much about the ATR 42/72, but it has actually had some serious flight control issues in the past, read for yourself.
http://aviationsafetynetwork.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/easa-issues-emergency-ad-on-atr-72-flight-controls/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atr-72-in-flight-upset-traced-to-rudder-maintenance-fault-355639/
I would take a bet that it's related to the under-engineered flight control system, particular the rudder on the ATRs, I would much rather fly a Q400 myself - they at least have a hydraulically powered rudder.
http://aviationsafetynetwork.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/easa-issues-emergency-ad-on-atr-72-flight-controls/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atr-72-in-flight-upset-traced-to-rudder-maintenance-fault-355639/
I would take a bet that it's related to the under-engineered flight control system, particular the rudder on the ATRs, I would much rather fly a Q400 myself - they at least have a hydraulically powered rudder.
Q400 for me too, except to Buffalo.
