Saab 340

The Saab 340 is a Saab and Fairchild jointly developed as SF340 regional airliner made ​​its first flight in 1983 carried out.

History

Goal of the developers was to design an aircraft that may be located in the regional aircraft segment, but should be better than the competition in speed and comfort. Based on the available Turboprop aircraft was developed, which was the usual day regional jets with jet engines in its dimensions similar.

After Fairchild in 1984, withdrew from the project, the development of Saab was continued alone in Linköping, Sweden, and changed the name to Saab 340 A. Components were manufactured and supplied in other European countries. In 1989, an improved version under the name Saab 340 B was brought to the market. Furthermore, with the Saab Erieye 340AEW exist a military reconnaissance aircraft and the Saab 340 SAR. Production stopped in 2005.

From the Saab 340, the stretched version Saab 2000 was developed later.

Construction

The Saab 340 is a low-wing, which looks like a modern medium-range aircraft from the outer appearance. Instead of jet engines, the aircraft has turboprop engines with four-bladed propellers. It carries 30 to 37 passengers and is mainly used in the United States.

Specifications

Variants

  • Saab Fairchild SF -340
  • Saab 340A
  • Saab 340B
  • Saab 340B Plus
  • Saab 340B plus SAR -200
  • Saab 340QC
  • Saab Tp 100 ( military transporter)
  • Saab S100e Argus ( military reconnaissance electronic reconnaissance)
  • Saab Erieye 340AEW: military AWACS system for the price of around 100 million euros per piece. It has a radar with electronic scanning, in which the 9 -meter antenna on 192 transceiver modules is mounted on the back of the machine. It is expected to reach a range of 350 km in the detection of typical combat aircraft targets. The system is mounted for Pakistan on a Saab 2000.
  • Saab 340 MSA ( Maritime Surveillance Aircraft): radar system for maritime surveillance

Civilian users

The largest fleets of Mesaba Airlines ( 49) and Regional Express Airlines ( 45), which took over their stock of the predecessor company Hazelton Airlines operated regional flights.

Military user

  • Sweden Sweden: Flygvapnet

9 × (3 × TP 100, 2 × FSR 890, 2 × 890 and 2 × FSR ASC TP)

2 × Saab 340B AEW -300 ( one of which is already delivered )

  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates: Air Forces of the UAE

2 × Saab 340B AEW -300 ( ordered in November 2009)

Incidents

  • On the Crossair Flight 498 crashed on 10 January 2000, a Saab 340, the former airline Crossair from shortly after takeoff in Zurich. All ten occupants were killed.
  • A set with 19 passengers, two pilots and a stewardess machine Sol Lineas Aéreas the Argentine airline crashed in the Argentine province of Río Negro on May 18, 2011. She was on a domestic flight from the city of Neuquén to Comodoro Rivadavia on the Atlantic. All passengers died in the crash.
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