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>work ramp for a regional airline in northern Canada
>fleet was mainly Fairchild/swearingen Metro IIIs until recently
>Metro has a pretty infamous reputation
>has many unflattering nicknames
>among them is the babykiller
>recently jumpseated a few times on a Dash-8-100
>two seperate former metro captains told me the story behind that name
>2012
>metro skids of end of runway
>at the very back of the plane is a mother holding an infant in her arms
>on impact the baby flies out of her arms
>rockets through the air all the way down the aisle
>baby impacts the cockpit with extreme velocity
>explodes
>both captains said the body had to be fished out from underneath the rudder pedals
