Runaway Q400 prematurely unchocked after brake pressure depleted

Q400 ERJ collision-c-AAIB

Source: Air Accidents Investigation Branch

UK investigators have found that a parked Bombardier Q400 had its chocks prematurely removed, and that its parking brake hydraulic pressure had depleted, before it rolled 70m across a taxiway and collided with another aircraft at Aberdeen.

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