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The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, [2] commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was bought by Boeing in 1986, then by Bombardier in 1992, then by Longview Aviation Capital in 2019; Longview revived the De Havilland Canada brand. [3]
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, previously the Bombardier Dash 8, is a regional turboprop aircraft that was previously delivered in three size categories, typically seating from 37 passengers (DHC-8-100) to 90 passengers (DHC-8-400).
On 27 October 2007, a Q400 registered as LN-RDI was operating SAS Flight 2867 from Bergen, Norway to Copenhagen, Denmark with 40 passengers and 4 crew members when problems with the main landing gear were discovered. After waiting about two hours in the air to burn fuel and troubleshoot, the pilots attempted a prepared emergency landing.
In January 2019, Longview announced that it would establish a new company in Ontario, to be called De Havilland Aircraft Co. of Canada, to continue production of the Q400 model and support the Dash 8 range. [24] The deal closed on 3 June 2019; the newly formed company inherited an order book of 51 Q400s. [3]
The original specification called for an aircraft that could carry 40 passengers and operating from runways only 2,000 ft long (610 m), [1] and designed for, with a full load of passengers, the ability to fly 700 nautical miles (1296km), [1] or a range of 805 statute miles.
The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation.It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series for freight usage and the Genesis Series for passenger usage in the mid-1990s.
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Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc., with its headquarters in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. [1] Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CSeries (also known as the Airbus A220).