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A Bombardier Global 5000 test aircraft crashed into the blast fence......

Author: Kate Sarsfield

Date: 23 January 2009

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Bombardier bought a dyeing Learjet in the late 80's so that they could have a flight test facility inside the US and avoid the cost of US certification in Canada.  Since they have started testing aircraft in Wichita, they have lost two aircraft and their crews (some of them friends of mine), blown a drag shoot out into their parking lot damaging some cars and now blown through a blast fence.  I have to conclude that these guys are hacks when it comes to safety.  I just don't hear of this poor a safety record on relatively low tech aircraft at other companies.  Learjet and Bombardier need to stand down and get a grip on things.

Both incidents you mention were pilot error. Which ones were your friends? CRJ or Challenger? As for cheaper to certify, all Globals, CRJ's and Challengers are certified under Transport Canada rules in the United States. There goes your theory on "Cheaper".

I can tell you that Lockheed Martin has had it's incidents as well as Airbus, Boeing and Northrop.