Bombardier has sold a Learjet 45 to the Irish government. The super light business jet is due for delivery in December, and will be used to transport government personnel. It will be equipped for air ambulance missions. Meanwhile, the first Challenger 300 full-flight simulator, manufactured by NLX and located at Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, has won US Level C training certification, with European approval due early in 2004.
Source: Flight International
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
