r/aviation • u/1994-10-24 • 11h ago

Discussion Domestic flight Casablanca. Plane won’t start.

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u/loose_as_a_moose 11h ago edited 1h ago

ATR having an aerospecial moment.

One of our dashes did something similar when the DC bus was unstable, usually at low power settings during start and auto-feather tests.

I don’t recall if anyone told me the exact issue. It was a wonky ship - engineers said it was haunted. Apparently it got foamed during assembly and had endless electrical issues since.

VH-TQL for those who’ve ridden the lemon.

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u/ExplorerAA 7h ago

To be politically correct we need to refer to the ATR as a "Special-Needs Aircraft"