Aviation Week Network

BEA Sees Incomplete Landing Preparation As ATR 72 Tailstrike Factor

LYON—The tailstrike of an Air Calédonie-operated ATR 72-200 at Ouvéa-Ouloup Airport in December 2024 was the outcome of the crew's limited local experience and their failure to include a landing ...
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Air Tahiti ATR 72's hard landing followed unstable approach and dual inputs

Investigators have determined that an Air Tahiti ATR 72-600 crew did not abort an approach to Atuona airport, despite its becoming destabilised, leading to dual control inputs and a hard landing. The ...
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Buddha Air retires ATR-72 after completing 72,000 flight cycles

Buddha Air has retired its ATR-72 aircraft with the registration 9N-AJO after it completed 72,000 flight cycles over 16 years ...
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Hard touchdown damaged Emerald ATR 72 after winds destabilised flare

Gusting winds experienced during the flare led an Emerald Airlines ATR 72-600 to touch down heavily at Belfast City, damaging its landing-gear, before the turboprop executed a go-around and diverted.