What: Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Bergerac (France) to Edinburgh
Where: Edinburgh
When: Jul 29th 2009
Who: 54 people on board
Why: On approach to Edinburgh, the crew noted a hydraulics problem and spent twenty minutes in a holding pattern while the problem was resolved. The plane landed safely.
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