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Qantas
Our mob think the're OK. These "Qantaslink" aircraft are mainly flying regionally. AU has a lot of regions.
This was published yesterday.
QANTAS said it is monitoring its fleet of Bombardier Q400 planes after a safety scare overseas.
Danish civil aviation authorities grounded all Dash 8 Q400 planes, also known as Bombardiers, in the Scandinavian Airlines Systems fleet yesterday after one made an emergency landing at Copenhagen airport.
None of the 44 passengers and crew on board was injured during the incident.
Qantas Airways has seven Q400s in its QantasLink regional operation including the busy Sydney-Canberra route.
Last month, Qantas grounded its Bombardiers following an airworthiness directive from the Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) and Transport Canada after two emergencies in less than a week.
The airline was given the all-clear to return the entire fleet to the skies the following day.
A Qantas spokeswoman today said the airline was monitoring its Bombardier Q400 planes.
"We have got seven aircraft and we are monitoring the aircraft very closely," she said.
"We are complying with CASA directives.
"Our aircraft are safe and compliant at this stage."
Last week, Qantas announced it would buy another 12 Bombardier Q400 aircraft for its QantasLink operation and planned to take up an option to buy a further 24.
The aircraft, to be delivered from June next year, will boost the QantasLink Q400 fleet to 21 aircraft.
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