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Dash 8 crew mis-set flaps through ‘unconscious habit’ before short-runway take-off

Investigators believe habitual behaviour resulted in a De Havilland Dash 8-400 crew’s mis-setting take-off flaps during a departure from a short runway in Queensland last year. The QantasLink aircraft ...
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Investigators and Bombardier split over cause of Challenger’s uncommanded flap extension

UK investigators have disagreed with Bombardier over the cause of a Challenger 604’s uncommanded – and unarrested – full flap extension at high speed, during a climb out of Farnborough. Bombardier had ...