Contact Air’s (Stuttgart) Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) D-AFKE (msn 11505) made an emergency landing at Stuttgart this morning due to landing gear problems. The passengers and crew escaped using the emergency chutes. The incident made headlines in Germany because one of the passengers on board was the chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party headed to Stuttgart to make a speech.
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Iran Aseman Airlines (Tehran) yesterday (August 11) had a Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) make a hard landing at Isfahan, Iran causing a tire to burst and a resultant fire in the wheel. There were no injuries.
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Aria Air (Tehran) suspended all operations yesterday (July 25) one day after the fiery crash that killed 16 people (mostly crew) at Mashhad the previous day.
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Miniliner (Bergamo) has painted its Fokker F.27 Mk. 500 I-MLXT (msn 10374) in a blue and white version of the 2009 livery. I-MLXT stops at Liege. Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten.
Myanma Airways (Yangon) according to Reuters lost its Fokker F.28 Mk. 4000 XY-ADW (msn 11114) on June 6 when it crash landed at Sittwe in western Myanmar on a flight from Yangon. Three people were injured. The aging airliner is probably an insurance write off but this is subject to confirmation.
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Mexicana Click (subsidiary of Mexicana) (formerly Click Mexicana) (Mexico City) will lease 25 104-seat Boeing 717-200s from Boeing Capital Corporation via its parent. The first copy will arrive this month and will replace the current 25 Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s (Fokker 100s).
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