Regional Express lauds 'exceptional skills' of captain after plane loses propeller

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated March 22 2017 - 7:21am, first published March 21 2017 - 9:50am
A propeller sheared off the Regional Express Saab 340 in mid-air on Friday.  Photo: Grahame Hutchison
A propeller sheared off the Regional Express Saab 340 in mid-air on Friday. Photo: Grahame Hutchison

Regional Express is removing from all of its planes propeller gear boxes and shafts of the same series as those on a Saab 340 aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its propellers fell off in mid-flight.

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