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Bombardier CRJ1000 Still Grounded
The pair of CRJ1000s participating in the program’s flight-test program remain grounded as Bombardier engineers continue to work on a solution to the softw

The pair of CRJ1000s participating in the program’s flight-test program remain grounded as Bombardier engineers continue to work on a solution to the software “glitch” that led to a halt in flight testing in September. “The
Bombardier CRJ1000 team is entirely focused on the software glitch and additional testing of the rudder CBW (command by wire) system,” a Bombardier spokesman told AIN. “These activities are most efficiently performed on the ground.”

During the company’s third-quarter earnings call in November, Bombardier Aerospace COO Guy Hachey said that flight testing would resume “shortly after Christmas,” but this week the spokesman would not issue a new estimate.