March 19, 2007: The bad times seem to be over. Japan's All Nippon Airways has said that it has resumed operating its Bombardier planes.

It may be recalled that two days ago a landing gear problem forced an emergency landing and the company had to ground the fleet. The mishap was the latest in a string of problems with All Nippon Airways’ fleet of 13 Bombardier aircraft, which forced Japan's second-largest airline to issue a formal apology last year.

None of the 60 people on board the Bombardier DHC-8 turboprop were injured when the pilot was forced to land the plane with only its rear wheels after the frontal landing gear failed to extend. Reports had then said that the landing gear door failed to open because a bolt was missing from the mechanism that operates it. Bombardier officials had arrived in Japan to meet with officials of the Transport Ministry and also to inspect the plane.

All Nippon Airways had done an inspection on this and found that the landing gear systems on all its Canadian-made Bombardier aircraft were intact. With the go ahead following investigation reports that said the planes were safe to fly, the Bombardiers are back.