At a passenger plane in Australia in flight fell off the screw
At Sydney airport made an emergency landing passenger aircraft Saab 340B, which during the flight fell off the starboard screw. The aircraft was performing a regional flight Regional Express from Albury.
On Board were 19 people, including three crew members. None of them was hurt.
According to preliminary data, the screw fell off at an altitude of about 1800 meters at a distance of about 20 kilometers from the airport; find it still failed.
Information about the possible causes of the incident yet. The representative of Management of safety in civil aviation of Australia told reporters that 20 years of experience in the industry have never experienced a loss of propeller aircraft.
? REX flight forced into emergency landing after losing propeller https://t.co/IGaN7C8WXi pic.twitter.com/WW0FuklIdh
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Saab 340 — a twin-engine turboprop aircraft, it seats about 35 people and is mainly used for regional flights. Australian airline Regional Express operates more than 50 Saab 340 aircraft of various modifications.