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Originally Posted by Dan02
The aircraft seems to have a bad track record in terms of landing gear issues but other then that seems fine.
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I also believe a lot of the issues SAS had with the Q400 was a result of their own maintenance on the aircraft.
I've listened to the live ATC feed at the time that this flight was on approach and then went missing. Other aircraft were reporting rime icing, which isn't the worst type of icing to encounter, and usually can be shed fairly easily by the deicing 'boots' on the Q400.
Perhaps this may be similar to what occured to American Eagle flight 4184 on October 31, 1994. The turboprop in that case was an ATR-72:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eagle_Flight_4184
Edit: I wouldn't worry too much about this being a turboprop. The Q400 is a fast plane and on shorter segments is usually just as fast as flying with a jet on the route. The publics stigma about turboprops is really confusing to me, it is in essence the same type of engine as a regular jet, but with a propeller in front.