QantasLink Dash 8 evacuation over brake fire traced to radio-altimeter failure on approach

By David Kaminski-Morrow2024-02-21T09:17:00

QantasLink VH-TQS-c-Bidgee Creative Commons

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Australian investigators have determined that a brake fire on a QantasLink De Havilland Dash 8-200, which triggered an evacuation, resulted from greater braking on landing, and was ultimately traced to a radio-altimeter failure during approach.

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