Ryukyu Air Commuter Cancels All Flights Today Due to Equipment Malfunction

Ryukyu Air Commuter Cancels All Flights Today Due to Equipment Malfunction

Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC) has cancelled all flights on October 24th due to equipment malfunction.

A malfunction was discovered in one aircraft during the maintenance check on the night of October 22nd. Upon further inspection of other aircraft, similar malfunctions were found, leading to the decision to suspend operations of the same model of aircraft until maintenance is completed and safety is confirmed. On the previous day, October 23rd, all 41 scheduled flights were cancelled, affecting 1,516 passengers.

The number of cancelled flights for today, October 24th, is 41. In response, Japan Transocean Air (JTA) has set up 4 additional flights on the Okinawa/Naha-Kume Island route.

Ryukyu Air Commuter operates a fleet of five DHC-8-400 cargo combi aircraft, each equipped with 50 regular seats.

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