The third such incident was on 22 June near Bournemouth airport when an ATR 72 passenger aircraft and another Piper came within 400 yards horizontally of each other.

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BA's decision to withdraw from Guernsey has been made because the 66-seater ATR 72 aircraft which operate the route will be retired and returned to their leasing company this summer.

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But this week the planemaker signed a big deal with Wings Air of Indonesia, which will eventually have a fleet of 60 ATR turboprops, of which 40 will be its latest model, the 72-600 (pictured), which seats up to 74.

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