The British Aerospace ATP (Advanced Turbo-Prop) is an airliner produced by British Aerospace, introduced in the 1980s as an evolution of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748. The fuel crisis and increasing worries about aircraft noise led business planners at British Aerospace to believe that there was a market for a short-range, low-noise, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft. By the time it entered the market, the segment was already well represented by designs such as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8, ATR 42 and ATR 72and production was ended after only 64 examples.
Design and development
Variants
Operators
Notable accidents and incidents
- On 19 April 1997 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 lost control at 2000 feet on approach to Tanjung Pandan-Bulutumbang Airport in Indonesia. 15 people died and 43 survived the crash of Flight 106, making it the second worst air accident involving an ATP
- On 11 December 1999 SATA Air Açores Flight 530 crashed into mountain on the Sao Jorge Island, Açores, Portugal on a short haul flight. All 35 passengers and crew on board died in the crash. The accident was the worst air accident involving the ATP. Official cause: The crew got disorientated in the midst of low clouds over the island of S. Jorge and made a CFIT.
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