Binter Airlines crash

RE: Binter Airlines crash

Media and local residents have been acting quite foolishly critizing the plane, just because it´s small and a propeler one. In any case, nothing wrong was proved on the CN235 despite the accidents in which it has been involved. In any case, guys no more CN235 flying on the Spanish skies. Binter Mediterraneo has been purchased by Iberia Franchise Air Nostrum (the main domestic regional operator. In fact the only one). It has been replaced by F50 and Dash-8. The reason of using this aircraft is due to the sort extention of Melilla airport. The ausence of navigational aids (lots of mountains around) and the weather of the area with frecuent sand storms (coming from the close desert) and foggy days. So sturdy planes were needed. The residents wanted jets. Paukanir had regular flights with Bae 146 until one crashed against a mountain on landing (on the Moroccon side) so the airline disappeared.

RE: Binter Airlines crash

Yeah the CN series has been in a bit of turnmoil recently as the Turks lost a coupl of their Transport a/c due to it and all!

RE: Binter Airlines crash

Althought is always sad to remeber this kind of events, this is some kind of “victory” (if we cant said that word about an aviation accident) for the CN235. When this acccident happened everybody criticized the airplane, the media reported prior problems of the plane forgetting the fact that the airplane could fly with just one engine. Now the fault was made by the copilot but nobody remembers the reputation of the of the CN235 and their builders.

Regerds

Jorge

RE: Binter Airlines crash

just to clarify there are two airlines – they used to be run together but now are totally seperate – Binter Caneries are based at GCLP and do inter-island flights in the Caneries, and Binter Mediterreno are based at LEPA.