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FlightGuide<br />
All you need to know about traveling with SAS,<br />
from route maps to frequent-fl yer programs<br />
High maintenance<br />
Every airplane undergoes a Maintenance Service<br />
Check every 15 days. It’s usually done during<br />
the night to ensure that the plane is ready<br />
for takeoff early the next morning. This Boeing<br />
737-600 Sindre Viking is undergoing a C<br />
check – a medium-scale checkup occurs every<br />
three years – during which technicians go over<br />
the fuselage, look for corrosion and check the<br />
directional control system. The C4 inspection is<br />
the most thorough and happens every 12 years.<br />
The plane is dismantled down to the smallest<br />
component. Only the exterior remains in place.<br />
Everything is checked (or double-checked, if<br />
it is a critical component) before the plane is<br />
put back together again. With many airplanes<br />
having around 367,000 individual parts,<br />
there’s plenty of work to be done.<br />
SCANORAMA MAY DECEMBER 2012 2012/JANUARY 2013 145
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