3 accidents of Saab aircraft since 2000

The Saab 2000 belonging to PenAir and operated on behalf of Alaska Airlines took off from Anchorage, AK, USA, for a passenger flight to Unalaska, AK, USA. 38 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane overran the end of the runway while landing on Unalaska's airport, and partially hanging down a cliff into the sea. One passenger died as result of the accident. 12 passengers were injured. The 28 other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft received substantial damage.

The Saab 340A operated by SOL Líneas Aéreas departed from Neuquén, Argentina, for a domestic flight to Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. 19 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed during its cruise, killing all 22 people onboard. The plane was enroute when the crew declared emergency, just before it disappeared from radar screens south of Los Menucos, Argentina. The wreckage was discovered around 30 kilometers South of Los Menucos. Argentina's National Meteorologic Services had issued a significant weather warning for the large area including the accident site, indicating severe icing between FL070 and FL180 with turbulence below FL150. The crew had requested to the air traffic controllers to descend out of icing conditions seconds before the radar contact was lost.

The aircraft, on a passenger flight from Basel to Hamburg, was scheduled to land at 7:30pm. The weather in northern Germany was particularly bad upon the aircraft's arrival, with severe thunderstorms containing heavy wind, rain, and hail. An instrument approach was attempted to Runway 05 at Hamburg, but was broken off when conditions proved to be too hazardous for a normal landing. The decision was made to divert from Hamburg, but the crew was informed that all of their selected alternate airports including, finally, Finow Air Force Base were closed due to the inclement weather. Running low on fuel, the flight crew made the decision to divert to the abandoned runway at the former Werneuchen Air Base, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Berlin-Tegel Airport. The crew made a visual approach to 7,874ft Runway 08, and the aircraft touched down at 8:35pm local time. Since the airport's closure, however, only the eastern portion of the runway (4,921ft) is available for use, and is separated from the remainder of the runway by a concrete retaining wall and ditch. As the aircraft slowed, it impacted the retaining wall and ditch, causing severe damage, before coming to rest.